Garissa
Township Deputy county commissioner Sebastian Okiring speaking to the press/STEPHEN ASTARIKO
Garissa Township Deputy county commissioner Sebastian
Okiring addressing supervisors and invigilators./STEPHEN ASTARIKO
National Assessments for both primary and junior secondary schools have kicked off smoothly in the North Eastern region.
Speaking
after supervising examination distribution to centres at the Garissa county
commissioners compound this morning, Regional director
for Education Adan Roble warned that legal action will be taken against any
examination centre or managers that take part in examination malpractices.
He urged
the managers and invigilators to strictly follow the Kenya National Examination
Council (KNEC) guidelines in managing the examinations to ensure genuine
outcome for the learners.
“We have
briefed the centre managers this morning and we have told them to strictly
observe the KNEC rules and regulations. We don’t entertain exam malpractices
and any school or centre that is found with examination malpractice, legal
action will be taken against them,” Roble said.
28,486
candidates sitting for Kenya Junior School Education Assessment (KJSEA) across
539 examination centres across the region.
51,940
candidates are also sitting for the Kenya Primary School Education Assessment
(KPSEA) in the region with Garissa leading in numbers at 31,535, Wajir (9,382)
and Mandera (11,023).
Okiring
said the National Government, through its various agencies, has made all
necessary preparations to ensure that the national examinations in Garissa
County proceed smoothly, safely, and successfully.
“The
Ministry of Education, in close coordination with the Kenya National
Examinations Council (KNEC) and the Ministry of Interior, has put in place
adequate measures to ensure that the entire examination process is conducted
with the utmost integrity, transparency, and efficiency,” Okiring said.
Okiring
who was flanked by officers tasked with managing the examinations, said the
addition of examination containers was brought about by the increase in the
number of exams that will be administered.
‘As you are awar,e Garissa plays hosts to peripheral sub-counties where their examination materials have to be airlifted from the town."
"They are usually stored in Garissa pending their airlift to their respective sub-counties. That is why you can there are quite a number of containers given to take care of that additional requirement for capacity,”Okiring said.
