NAIROBI, Kenya, Mar 29- Candidates who were caught cheating in the 2021 Kenya Certificate of Primary Education were awarded a mark of zero, in all the affected subjects.
Education Cabinet Secretary Prof. George Magoha said the candidates were found in 7 examination centres across the country.
They are said to have colluded during the adminstration of the exams.
“These candidates will be awarded a mark of zero (0) in the affected subjects,” Magoha said.
He however said that there was no rampant exam cheating, like it were 6 years ago, when the current reforms had not not been introduced.
For the last 6 years, the government has initiated drastic reforms, to curb rampant cheating during national exams.
Such reforms, Magoha said was through the multi-agency approach, that was started by the President.
With it, administering and overseeing of exams stopped being a Ministry of Education affair and more stakeholders were brought in, to among other things protect its integrity.
“The Ministries of Interior and National Coordination of Government, ICT, TSC have tirelessly worked with the Ministry of Education to run the national examinations with utmost professionalism and competency,” the CS said.
“We must not forget our departed brother and former Interior and Coordination of National Government CS Joseph Ole Nkaissery under whose tenure the examinations reforms started.”
He said the government security arrangements through the Multi-Sectoral Examinations Monitoring Team have helped to curb cheating in national examinations.
A total of 1,214,031 candidates who sat the examination in 28,313 centres across the country will receive their results today and will thus be legible for admission to secondary schools.
Of these candidates, 610,384 (50.28%) were boys and 603,647 (49.72%) girls.
In the 2020 KCPE, 1,179,192 candidates sat for the examination.
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