US-Based Kenyan Lawyer Makau Mutua Calls for Scrapping of KCPE, KCSE Exams

US-based Kenyan lawyer Prof. Makau Mutua has called for the abolishment of national examinations taken at the end of primary and secondary school.

Prof. Makau said the government should do away with both Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) and Kenya Certificate of Primary Education (KCPE) examinations arguing that the two tests add no value to Kenyan children. 

The examinations do more harm than good to Kenyan learners, according to Mutua, who expressed his opinion on Twitter a day after 2019 KCSE results were released by Education Cabinet Secretary Prof. George Magoha.

“ABOLISH national exams. They aren’t about education. No — they only deny young people opportunities, stunt human potential, and stratify society. Let’s stop locking young people out through this obscene charade,” Makau tweeted.