More than 965,000 candidates begin writing KCSE theory tests
All candidates registered for the Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) examinations began the common papers across the 10,755 examination centres on Monday.
The candidature for 2024 is 965,501 and that is an increase from the 899,453 candidates who sat the examination in 2023.
The papers begin after two weeks of practical examinations for optional subjects that has been going on since October 22. The last paper will be done on November 22 while marking is expected to be completed before the end of December.
Learners in Grade 6 also completed their Kenya Primary School Education Assessment last week.
Kenya National Examinations Council (Knec) Chief Executive Officer David Njeng’ere has assured that all the examination materials have been taken to 617 distribution centres. This is an increase from the 576 that were used in the 2023 examinations.
“The preparations are in place and the materials are already in the containers. The examination officials have been guided through the various innovations introduced in the administration of the exams like the double collection of papers which has eliminated early exposure. We added 41 containers for areas where there were issues of distance to schools,” he said.
Dr Njeng’ere said this was done to improve efficiency by reducing the distance between schools and the distribution centres. He will be in Narok County to monitor the progress of the tests. Other top government officials are also expected to be involved across the country.
He also highlighted measures the government has put in place to curb cheating. The double collection of materials that was introduced last year will be used again. Under the plan, the first session papers are collected at 7 am and administered at 8am while the second session papers are collected at 12:30 pm and administered at 2pm.
This lessens the amount of time the papers are in the hands of examination officials and also reduces chances of malpractice.
“This has resulted in an unintended outcome — the candidates now have more time in between the papers to relax. The aim of the examination is not to punish them and put them under undue pressure,” Dr Njeng’ere said.
To deal with the challenge of sharing examination content on mobile phones, the CEO explained that all examination officials will surrender their phones to the centre supervisor who will keep them in a secure lockable desk during the time of the examination.
Dr Njeng’ere said, so far, Knec has not experienced logistical challenges that come with heavy rains during the exam period. However, he said they are prepared in case of changes.
Previously, Knec worked with the Communications Authority and telcos to shut down social media platforms that claim to sell leaked examination content.
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