Education Cabinet Secretary Fred
Matiang’i is surely the CS of the Year
2016.
His early release yesterday of this year’s
Kenya Certificate of KCPE examination
results, a week before schedule, capped
the extraordinary measures taken by
the Education and Interior ministries to
safeguard the integrity of the tests.
The results are rightly being widely hailed
as probably the cleanest national exams
since the very early years of Independence
53 years ago.
Matiang’i spearheaded the measures
taken to prevent cheating and corrupt
marking.
Exam and marking centres were under
armed police guard nationwide and out of
bounds.
A total of 952,472 candidates sat
the exam at 26,308 centres from November
1-3.
It is good to have the results before
Christmas, start the school term in early
January instead of February, a much better
schedule.
This year’s performance should be made
permanent, the face of the future, the
standard.
