There were no cases of cheating in KCSE; We only had Attempts- CS Machogu.
Speaking on Tuesday in Nairobi, Education cabinet secretary, Ezekiel Machogu stated that the 2023 Kenya certificate of secondary exam that was conducted between October 30 and November 1 was concluded exemplary well.
He stated,”There were no cases of cheating. No cases of any kind of malpractice. We only had six cases which were only attempts to cheat. Out of 1,415,315 candidates, the only cases that we had were six.”
As compared to KCSE 2022, Machogu revealed that there were 252 cases of exam malpractice. He highlighted that student were found engaging in malpractices across nine examination centres.
Machogu stated in 2022,”Overall, there were 252 candidates in nine examination centres who were found to have engaged in malpractices. These candidates have been scored zero in subjects where they engaged in malpractices. Nonetheless, the affected students’ overall marks will be computed less the mark awarded in the affected subject.”
Notably, The cabinet secretary stated that the KCPE examination results will be released before the end of next week highlighting that marking of the exam papers is already complete.
Machogu stated,”We have done the marking and it is finished and we are going to release the KCPE exams anytime next week and most likely we will also be able to conduct the Form One placement before Christmas so that they can be joining Form One by at least the third week of January.”
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