Are You Taxing Our Marks- KCPE Candidate Talks Tough To CS Machogu After Exam Errors
An applicant for the Kenya Certificate of Primary Education (KCPE) has expressed discontent with the recently declared results and has requested that her papers be marked.
The candidate, accompanied by colleagues from a Kitengela school, addressed the press on Monday and criticized Education Cabinet Secretary Ezekiel Machogu for the irregularities that shook the national examinations marking process.
She added that some of the students who were dissatisfied with the results were succumbing to depression out of concern that they would be forced to attend their preferred secondary schools.
“I would like to ask the government, ‘Are you taxing our marks or what because if the ballot papers can be recounted, why not our marks?’ I repeat, if the ballot papers can be recounted, why not our marks?” She questioned.
“The Cabinet Secretary for Education Professor Machogu, I would ask you to please remark on our papers,” the candidate, who was accompanied by parents stated.
Additionally, legal representative Danstan Omari revealed that the Kenya National Examinations Council (KNEC) was the subject of three pending litigation.
A court order prohibiting the government from using the results to place candidates in secondary schools was requested in one of the lawsuits.
“KNEC, by law, has 90 days to make a decision. If the review was done on Friday on the application for appeal, the examination council will release the decision around March. Selection started today. These kids will not be among the students considered to be placed among the national schools or those of their choice,” stated Omari.
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“An attack on vulnerable children who are defenseless, who cannot raise a voice, then that country has lost its moral campus,” Omari cautioned.
The Education CS announced the results on Thursday, detailing the 428-point score attained by the highest candidate.
Machogu reports that more than 1.4 million students participated in the nationwide assessments that commenced on November 30, after the government guaranteed them sufficient high school examination positions.
However, KNEC acknowledged the release of results containing errors the following day, including candidates who obtained comparable grades in certain subjects.
In particular, the council disclosed that 133 applicants received inadequate grades in English and Kiswahili, among other subjects.
“These cases have all been addressed and results for the affected candidates updated appropriately,” it clarified.
Are You Taxing Our Marks- KCPE Candidate Talks Tough To CS Machogu After Exam Errors
