The Kenya National Examinations Council has said there was no leakage in the 2023 KCSE examination.
Speaking on Monday during the release of the results at the Moi Girls’ High School in Eldoret, the council’s CEO David Njengere attributed the success which he termed a milestone to collaboration with the centre managers.
“What we experienced was a milestone in this as a country. We did not have a single case across the country of early exposure of the second session paper,” Njengere said.
The centre managers, he stated, were willing and cooperated on the double collection of the papers from the containers.
The policy directive from the Ministry to address the challenges of early exposure of the examination papers, he added, also impacted positively.
The official also pointed out in 2023 that there were no issues reported in any of the 40 marking centres as compared to the previous year.
“Our examiners in secondary schools did an exemplary job,” he noted.
While giving his remarks, Knec board chair Julius Nyabundi on his part asked persons with pending matters to conclude within the four-year window period.
“Take the opportunity that the council has extended to them within the next four years,” he said.
A total of 899,453 candidates sat for the examination administered between October 23 and November 24.
This is the first in five years that the KCSE results have been delayed well beyond the New Year.
Since 2016, the results were released before Christmas.
The delay was attributed to the high level of verification of the results after confusion rocked the Kenya Certificate of Primary Education.
Machogu had last week said that the delay was meant to verify the marks.
"We are done with the marking. What we are currently doing is compiling the marks, verification and validation. So that by the end of the day, we release credible results," he said.
