The government is committed to ensuring 100 per cent transition to junior secondary school and secondary school, Public Service PS Veronica Nduva has said.
She said the Kenya Kwanza administration is doing all it can to support education and ensure it delivers credible KPSEA, KCPE and KCSE exams.
She said KPSEA and KCPE exams that were concluded on Wednesday were smooth and successful.
“This morning I’m here at St Mary’s Primary School in Tala. I have just witnessed the successful commencement of last exams for both KPSEA and KCPE,” Nduva said.
Nduva addressed the press at the school in Matungulu, Machakos county, shortly after she supervised the distribution of the exams at Matungulu deputy county commissioner’s office in Kisukioni early in the morning.
The PS was received minutes to 6am by Machakos county security team, led by county commissioner Josephine Ouko.
“As a government, we are happy because over the last two days we have seen over 2.3 million children transitioning from Grade 6 and Standard 8 to JSS and secondary school,” she said.
She said her personal observation was that teachers and supervisors were well-prepared to administer the exams while candidates were ready to sit their papers.
Nduva said good collaboration between the Interior and Education ministries led to the exams’ successful delivery.
She said the exams period was generally peaceful across the country despite a few isolated cases of insecurity.
Nduva said as a government, their area of priority was that students have conducive environment for doing exams, finishing successfully and transiting to next levels of education.
She said the examinations marking will commence immediately.
Ouko told all education stakeholders, especially teachers, exams invigilators and supervisors, to ensure they delivered credible examinations.
“It depends on you whether you are going to produce quality and credible students who properly pass their exams. You are parents and what we want to remind you is that, you must ensure that these exams are full of integrity,” Ouko said.
“We need to get proper and well trained students who pass exams so that we get qualified professionals in various fields like doctors, engineers, lawyers and teachers because at the end of the day, this is going to catch up with you."
"If you don’t make our students go through this process the way it’s expected, it means the quality we are going to get will be questionable and you will be attended to by the same doctors and qualities of buildings will be compromised. Let your conscience guide you if you want qualified professionals,” Ouko added.
Nduva later toured Tala Girls High School where she interacted and delivered a motivational talk to KCSE candidates and their teachers.
Nduva, Ouko and other senior government officials who had accompanied them wished the girls success in their KCSE exams.