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The Kenya National Examination Council (KNEC) has announced the cancellation of results of more than 3,000 candidates who sat for the 2018 Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) examination.
Speaking during a press briefing on Tuesday, Knec Chairperson Prof. George Magoha says the 3,427 candidates were found to have been involved in exam irregularities.
Magoha further says 1,275 other candidates suspected to have been involved in exam malpractice and whose results had been withheld have been cleared.
“The council has made the painful but necessary decision to cancel results of these candidates,” says Magoha.
Knec has urged students affected to register for this year's examination before the registration period elapses next month.
“However, in order to tamper justice with mercy, the council decided that these candidates should be encouraged to register for these year’s exams before the closing of registration on February 15.”
“These malpractices took place due to negligence by omission or commission, not of the children, but adults like us in the form of center managers, supervisors, invigilators, and personnel on the ground,” he adds.
The official says Knec is committed to ensuring exam cheating is completely eradicated in the country.
“Let me assure the country that it is very shameful there are still a sizeable number of people who are in self-denial. I want to state categorically, I am loyal to the children. I cannot sit on a council that treats any child different from the other.”
“The council will do everything in its powers to ensure future exams are sacrosanct and cheating becomes thing of the past…,” he notes.
“I commend 99.9% of those center managers who conducted themselves strictly within the required regulations that led to the most credible examination process in this country in recent history. We also want to warn the 0.01% that their 40 days are coming very close to an end.”
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Irregularities and cheating are not being mentioned in the same breath,are they one and the same?
If it's not the fault of the students, what measures have the authorities that to ensure that the students are not stigmatized,and shamed by fellow students?
Mr. Magoha, if the irregularities were caused by the supervisors and managers what guarantees are you giving the candidates that when they repeat the exam, the supervisors will not behave the same way. According to this article, you and your managers failed but it seems you are punishing the victims (candidates)
Will these kids keep repeating the exams for ever due to your failure?
You need to straighten out your exam management system before you ask the candidates to waste their time and resources to repeat the same exams. God give our leaders wisdom.
God give Kenya leaders not politicians. God help Kenya!!