Ministry Makes Statement of KCSE Marking and Results

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Friday, December 8, 2023 –The Kenya National Examination Council KNEC has announced that the marking of the 2023 Kenya Certificate of Secondary School Examinations KCSE exams is not yet complete.

Dismissing reports that exams were ready for announcement before Christmas, KNEC noted that such reports should be disregarded by members of the public.

KNEC released a counter-statement saying the marking when completed, is when the correct release date will be made available to the members of the public

“KNEC has made no such statement. Marking of KCSE is ongoing and the results will be released when they are ready,” the Exam Council clarified.

In the fake notice now flagged by the government, the release of results would be led by Education Cabinet Secretary Ezekiel Machogu, assisted by officials from the Ministry of Education.

The KCSE exams which kicked off on October 10 ended on Friday, November 24 with physics practicals with a total of 903,260 candidates sitting for the exercise.

Form four candidates have since been allowed to leave school and are at home waiting for their results to help them join colleges across the country.

KCPE exam results were marred by controversy with the marking having had issues which, todate, remain unresolved.

Opposition leader Raila Odinga attributed this to fights for contracts by senior government officials who rushed to change the contract from a reputable printer to a Mombasa road-based less-known printer who did not have track record and capacity for the job.

“We are aware that the Mombasa Road company then had to outsource the exam printing services from a company based in India, where the exams were printed in a hurry. We are also aware that the UK firm whose contract was canceled declined to provide codes to the many layers of security that had been encrypted to safeguard the integrity of both KCPE and KCSE.

“We believe this process, of a sudden change of printer and having them printed on short notice, is responsible for the disaster we have witnessed with respect to KCPE. The situation was worsened by the fact that in return for kickbacks, the procurement for relaying the results to the public using the short code 40054 was also taken away from the original provider and awarded on short notice and corruptly to a company that does not have the capacity to handle the same,” Raila stated.

The results have since been challenged in court with some students seeking to have their real results released despite secondary school placement going on.