National Assembly’s Department Committee on Education has invited the public to submit their views over allegations of malpractices in the 2022 KCSE.
The committee, which has since launched an inquiry into the allegations, asked Kenyans to submit their memoranda to the Clerk of the National Assembly on or before February 14.
“The Committee has resolved to conduct a public inquiry into the allegations to determine the objectivity of these claims and make recommendations to the House,” the committee said.
The committee said it will carry out a comparative analysis of KCSE results for 2019 to 2022 to determine whether there is a trend capable of providing plausible interpretations that can lead to conclusions on whether there was cheating as reported.
It added that it will also seek to establish whether there were other malpractices in the examination, parties involved and the extent of involvement and the parties that bear the greatest responsibility.
Leaders have been demanding that the KCSE 2022 be remarked citing massive cheating.
Education Cabinet Secretary Ezekiel Machogu has however insisted there was no cheating.
While addressing the media at the Kenya Institute of Curriculum Development on January 27, the CS said, “From where I sit there was no cheating.”
Machogu blasted the allegations of mass cheating, especially in the Nyanza region terming it as propaganda.
“This is propaganda coined by people who don’t have proper intentions for our country,” he said.
Kenyans have been voicing their doubts about the results registered by some schools in the 2022 KCSE.
According to the results announced by Education CS, there was 1,146 grades A in 2022, which was an increase from the 1,138 As registered in 2021.
The 2022 exam also saw some former big names in the history of the KCSE bounce back to upstage prominent schools in the country.
