By Roy Hezron
Education Cabinet Secretary Prof. George Magoha has revealed that Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) results 2020 will be released by May 10 this year.
Speaking at the Nairobi School on April 21, 2021 Prof Magoha revealed that the marking of the examination started immediately after the conclusion of the examination and assured that all students will be merited accordingly.
“Moving ahead, we are today (April 21, 2021) going to launch the marking of the KCSE examination papers. This will be a meticulous process that will be conducted by experienced examiners. We are all determined to ensure grades awarded to our learners are all merited and that our academic qualifications are beyond reproach,” said Prof Magoha.
Prof Magoha affirmed that the examination was administered successful with no paper being leaked to the candidates’ despites some cases where officials attempted to open papers with intention to expose the same to candidates before the actual examination started and who were dealt accordingly by the Ministry.
“We thwarted these efforts in a few centres countrywide, some of which I released to you during my weekly briefs. In all, I can confidently announce to the country that none of the 2020 KCSE Examination papers was leaked, save for the unethical early exposure of questions, which was firmly dealt with and did not benefit any of the candidates,” said Prof Magoha.
As a result of allegations of violating examination regulations, Prof Magoha stated that 27 officials were stripped of their various responsibilities as Centre managers, supervisors or invigilators, and their names submitted to Teachers Service Commission (TSC) for disciplinary action.
Over the same time span, 37 civilians, including three university students, were arrested for attempting to commit examination fraud, and 53 cell phones being confiscated from candidates at examination rooms during the exercise.
“As we speak, security agencies are busy conducting thorough forensic investigations to find out if the gadgets were used to aid any form of cheating,” stated Prof Magoha.
He congratulated the 752,891 students who finally sat for their exams after months of uncertainty caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.
The examination which started on March 26, 2021 was monitored by a national team drawn from the Ministry of Education, TSC, Kenya National Examinations Council (KNEC) and other ministries and departments who visited all parts of the country during the four week examination period.
