The Ministry of Education has announced plans to release the Kenya Certificate of Primary Education examination results by the end of November.
According to the Ministry, the exams would be released in a couple of weeks to allow placement of form one student before Christmas.
According to the PS for Basic Education Dr Belio Kipsang, marking for KCPE had kicked off with the results expected out in a couple of weeks to allow parents time to prepare..
Speaking after visiting Naivasha Girls Secondary School, the PS lauded headteachers for the work they had done during the national exams.
“We expect the results out early so that placement of students in form one can be done before Christmas so that parents have ample time to prepare,” he said.
Kipsang at the same time downplayed the recent cases of KCSE exam malpractices adding that only seven centre managers had been suspended.
He attributed the low number of exams cheating this year to the move to collect exam papers twice a day and the support from the Ministries of Interior and ICT.
“We noticed that there was exposure of the exam materials when collected once and hence the directive to collect them twice in a day,” he said.
The PS said that the seven centre managers who had been suspended would later in the year face disciplinary measures once the exams were over.
“We have over 11,000 center managers and only seven have been suspended for malpractices meaning that our exams are very credible,” he said.
