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The Ministry of Education has announced plans to release Kenya Certificate of Primary Education (KCPE) examination results by End of November.
According to the ministry, the exam results would be released in a couple of weeks, to allow placement of Form 1 students before Christmas.
According to the PS for Basic Education Dr Belio Kipsang, marking for KCPE exam had begun with the results are expected out in a couple of weeks.
Speaking after visiting Naivasha Girls Secondary School, the PS lauded head teachers for work done during the national exams.
“We expect the results out early so that placement of students in Form 1 can be done before Christmas, so that parents have ample time to prepare,” he said.
Kipsang at the same time downplayed the recent cases of KCSE exam malpractices, saying that only seven centre managers had been suspended.
He attributed the low number of exams cheating this year to the move to collect exams papers twice a day, and the support from the ministries of Interior and ICT.
“We noticed that there was exposure of the exam materials when collected once, and hence the directive to collect them twice a day,” he said.
The PS said the seven centre managers who had been suspended would later in the year face disciplinary measures once the exams were over.
“We have over 11,000 centre managers and only seven have been suspended for malpractices, meaning that our exams are very credible,” he said.
On flooding, the PS said the government had provided choppers in the affected areas mainly in Northern Kenya, to assist in distribution of the exam materials.
Kenya National Examination Council chief executive Dr David Njeng’ere, said since the exams started, no single case of early exposure had been reported.
“Since 2016, we have had challenges with early exposure of exams materials, but due to the new directive of collecting the exams twice a day, this has been resolved,” he said.
Naivasha subcounty commissioner Kisilu Mutua said the area had not been affected by heavy rains unlike other regions with the exams arriving in schools on time.
“We have added another examination container in Mai Mahiu town and we are working on the Maella area which is quite far from Naivasha,” he said.