KNEC Adjusts Perceptions Regarding 2024 KCSE Grading.
KNEC Adjusts Perceptions Regarding 2024 KCSE Grading.
Reports revealing the grading schemes to be employed have been rejected by the Kenya National Examination Council (KNEC), which just days ago denied allegations of scammers attempting to alter the Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) exam scores.
KNEC condemned internet posts claiming to display the new grading scheme for the November KCSE exams in a post on X social media. This occurs when the exams are still being marked.
KNEC denied rumors that the grading scheme for this year had been decided upon beforehand.
The testing organization refuted claims last week that certain pupils who had paid for the services were getting preferential treatment in the national tests.
The documents that circulated online claiming to invite students interested in modifying their grades were fraudulent, according to KNEC Chief Executive Officer David Njengere, who clarified the issue.
Reports that marks were being changed during the KCSE test marking process compelled the examination council to provide clarification.
A number of people allegedly collaborated with a KNEC office administrator to help alter grades for particular pupils, according to the flagged post.
“Grade-changing is going on right now. A portion of the phony post stated, “We have partnered with an official from KNEC on consulting.” KNEC commented on the post, saying, “Scam alert, beware of fraudsters, and stay alert.”
A week after examiners started marking KCSE tests that were finished on November 22, KNEC made its announcement. The Ministry of Education recently said that marking would be finished by the end of December.
Dismissing allegations that those rejected came from schools suspected of engaging in exam misconduct, KNEC maintains that marking exams is a private matter and that they are unable to disclose the identities of examiners participating in the process.
Exam marking is a private procedure, and KNEC is not allowed to reveal the examiners’ identity. “KNEC invites examiners with due diligence to ensure the process’s credibility and dependability,” Njengere told Education News.
There were instances of malpractice in the 2022 exams, according to a critical report published in 2023 by the National Assembly Committee on Education.
According to the Committee, 44 of the 68 exam malpractice cases that the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) has handled are still under investigation. There are now 17 cases pending in court. Six cases have been resolved thus far.
Julius Migos, an Education CS, reports that 621 instances of exam malpractice were reported in 2024.
KNEC Adjusts Perceptions Regarding 2024 KCSE Grading.
