President Ruto Oders Probe Into 3,685 Registered Candidates Who Missed 2023 KCSE Exams
President William Ruto has requested that a probe be launched into the absence of roughly 3,000 students who enrolled for the 2023 Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) but did not sit for the tests.
This decision was made by the president during a briefing by Education Cabinet Secretary Ezekiel Machogu, ahead of the highly anticipated release of exam results on Monday, January 8.
Ezekiel Machogu, Cabinet Secretary for Education, disclosed that a total of 3685 registered applicants did not sit for the 2023 KCSE exams.
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Machogu made the disclosure during the release of the 2023 KCSE results in Eldoret, and he fears that certain schools may have inflated the figures of registered candidates to fulfill the needed threshold.
“Some schools could be inflating the figures of registered candidates to meet the minimum threshold of 30 candidates required to be enlisted as an examination centre,” Machogu said in a statement.
He did, however, say that there could be other reasons for the missing candidates, but that if that is the case, it wastes government money in terms of fees and other amenities for the candidates.
“I therefore direct the relevant directorate of quality assurance to work with KNEC to investigate the 3,685 candidates who failed to sit for the exams with the view to unearthing their true identity and whereabouts,” he said.
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His declaration came after an early communication from the Eldoret State Lodge, where President William Ruto, who had been briefed on the results earlier in the day, directed an investigation into the missing candidates.
The president also demanded that any exam malpractices observed throughout the examination period be investigated.
CS Machogu also saw a drop in performance in subjects that were formerly done in the afternoon but have now been relocated to mid-morning, implying early exposure to misconduct.
History, agriculture, and geography are examples. The CS said that these subjects performed well because candidates had plenty of time to participate in exam cheating, but that this has now been sealed.
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President Ruto Oders Probe Into 3,685 Registered Candidates Who Missed 2023 KCSE Exams
