CREDIBLE EXAMS
Teachers Service Commission Chief Executive Officer Nancy Macharia, in a speech read on her behalf by acting Director of Staffing Rita Wahome, said the commission will ensure that teachers do not abet the stealing of the exam. “Centre managers and supervisors are our employees, and we expect them to do what is expected of them,” said Ms Macharia. Knec acting CEO Mercy Karogo said the council is ready to deliver credible exams, while Ms Mohamed lauded the efforts over the last two years to clean up the cheating mess that had become the hallmark of Kenya’s national exams.
“National examinations are now more credible than they have ever been and stand as a reliable measure of the level of achievement of individual candidates,” said the CS, who also warned that “we must not forget the lesson behind the study of change management — not all change lasts”. “It is for this reason that we have ensured that sustainability is at the heart of our reforms,” she promised. A total of 1.7 million candidates will sit the examinations this year, 1,060,787 of them for Kenya Certificate of Primary Education and the remaining 663,811 for Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education. The tests will be administered in 10,075 centres across the country.
