The kind of security that was provided during the KCPE examination was perfectly tight. The parasites who depend on leakages and unscrupulous means to excel did not get a chance to express their treacherous means of getting it done.
The system was tough that only required the prepared ones to sail through.
The cases of exams cheating were minimal. Those few who were nabbed of course they were sent packing. The way the exams were manned it was almost compared to militarization of exams.
The CS for education Amina Mohammed has given some hope to those who were cancelled because of the irregularities. Amina Mohamed has assured them they can have a second chance to do their national examinations next year.
Amina Mohammed has said that this will reduce wastage of time in transition from one level of education to another.
CS Amina Mohamed: We will give a chance to the 4 candidates that their exams were cancelled next year so that they do not lose so much time
#KCPE2018 pic.twitter.com/fx4UNtZrai— Citizen TV Kenya (@citizentvkenya) November 19, 2018
This after the official release of the KCPE exams in Mombasa at Star of the Sea Primary School.
According to the Education CS, the overall performance of candidates has improved this year compared to last year. This year the top candidate scored 453 marks with 12,273 scoring above 400 marks.
Candidates who scored between 301- 400 marks were 228,414 which is higher than what was witnessed back in 2017.
Those who scored etween 201- 300 marks were 574,927 while those who scored 101-200 were 234,573.
Candidates that scored between 0-100 were 2,177.
400 marks and above – 12,273
301 – 400 marks – 228,414
201 – 300 marks – 573,927
101 – 200 marks -234,573
0 – 100 marks – 2,177 #KCPE2018 #KCPE2018Results pic.twitter.com/BxltDcFVGI— Milele FM (@Milele_FM) November 19, 2018
The CS also noted that more female candidates sat for the exams compared to their male counterparts.
23 out of 47 counties registered more female candidates. They include, Kakamega, Nairobi, Meru, Bungoma, Vihiga, Siaya , Kitui, Embu, Makueni, Machakos, Nakuru, Elgeyo-Marakwet, Kisii, Nyamira, Tharaka-Nithi, Kericho, Uasin-Gishu, Kirinyaga , Trans-Nzoia, Nandi, Mombasa and Bomet.
A total of 1,052,364 candidates sat for the KCPE 2018 examinations with 527,294 (50.1%) being boys while 525,070 (49.9%) were girls.
Female candidates also performed better than their male counterparts in English, Kiswahili and Kenyan Sign Language with the Male candidates performing better in Mathematics, Science, Social Studies and Religious Studies.
mina also called upon Parents, teachers and the community in general to take proper care of Children to avoid teenage pregnancies that overshadowed the just concluded national examinations with Kilifi County registering the highest number of teenage pregnancies.
The CS later stated clearly that Holiday tuition remains banned.
“I call upon parents, teachers and the community to take proper care of their children to avoid teenage pregnancies. Holiday tuition is still prohibited,” said Amina.
“We will not compromise the safety of our children for a few extra hours of tuition that actually does not help them,” added the CS.
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