Outcry Over Inaccurate KCPE Results Sparks Parental Protest at KNEC Office
Parents who were dissatisfied with the performance of their children on the recently released Kenya Certificate of Primary Education (KCPE) organized demonstrations in front of the office of the Kenya National Examinations Council (KNEC).
Parents from a Kitengela school invaded the offices of the examinations body in Nairobi, claiming that their children were awarded inaccurate results.
The parents inquired as they organized the demonstration as to why the school, known for its consistent success, had achieved such a dismal result on the national assessments.
“To me as a parent representing my peers, I believe that this is a sincere injustice to the children of Kitengela International as indicated here and also to the children of other schools in this nation,” one of the parents lamented.
The parents who were protesting exerted further pressure on the examiners, who had already been petitioned for accountability by the Kenya National Union of Teachers (KNUT) regarding the errors that were documented during the national examinations.
In particular, David Obuon, secretary of the KNUT Kisumu Branch, requested that KNEC CEO David Njengere address the numerous concerns raised by parents.
“When results were released, there was a 3-hour delay in the SMS access of results. Are parents going to be refunded for the money used yet the results were not delivered? Who will refund them?” He questioned.
KNEC acknowledged on Friday that it had identified errors in the distribution of the results in response to concerns raised by several institutions and candidates.
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Following this, the government agency convened a meeting scheduled for Sunday to rectify the anomalies. Then, KNEC requested that parents who were dissatisfied file complaints with the examination body.
Certain students reported lacking grades in particular subjects, whereas others were given results for examinations they never attempted.
KNEC announced the following day that it had initiated efforts to address some of the concerns expressed by the parents, clarifying that only SMS results had been impacted as a result of configuration issues.
Additionally, the council disclosed that a mere 133 candidates were impacted by their inadequate grades in certain subjects, such as Kiswahili and English.
“These cases have all been addressed and results for the affected candidates updated appropriately.”
On Thursday, November 23, Education CS Ezekiel Machogu announced the results, wherein the highest-scoring candidate obtained 428 points.
Commencing on November 30, the national examinations were attended by more than 1.4 million students.
Outcry Over Inaccurate KCPE Results Sparks Parental Protest at KNEC Office
