KCSE results of 5,101 candidates cancelled due to cheating
The Kenyan National Examination Council (Knec) has cancelled the results of 5, 101 candidates who sat their Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) exams last year due to exam cheating.
Education Cabinet Secretary Fred Mating’i named Nairobi, Makueni and Meru counties as the three counties with the highest number of cases of exam irregularities.
Mr Matiang’i added that all 46 counties were involved in exam irregularities except Isiolo county.
Cases of exam cheating in 2015 rose by an unprecedented 70 per cent.
“I apologise to the public for the irregularities. I will ensure it will not happen again. Let us all be responsible,” said Mr Matiang’i while releasing the results on Thursday.
Dr Matiang’i said, in a departure from tradition, the government had decided not to cancel results for entire schools, but only for those involved in cheating so that they can take individual responsibility.
A third of the 525,802 candidates attained the university entry marks, while 13 subjects recorded a mean grade of 50 per cent and below.
Last year’s KCSE exams were marred by irregularities as exams papers were shared through Whatsapp and other social media platforms days before the exam dates.
Candidates can check their results through their mobile phones by sending a text message with their index numbers to 22252.
