Its all systems go for the Kenya Certificate of Primary Education (KCPE) and Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) examinations next week. Speaking in Mombasa Education Cabinet Secretary Professor George Magoha announced that special arrangements are in place to ensure the safety and security of candidates, supervisors, invigilators, and security personnel during the examinations scheduled to kick off on Monday next week.
The CS noted that the national exams will be held with strict adherence to the novel coronavirus (Covid-19) protocols approved by the Ministry of Health, for they were canceled last year due to the Covid-19 pandemic which has disrupted the whole academic year.
Prof. Magoha allayed fears during the school exams saying the government is going ahead with the examinations amid the Covid-19 pandemic as it has put watertight Covid-19 special arrangements in place. “The national exams will be held with strict adherence to Covid-19 guidelines,” he said.Magoha cautioned candidates against engaging in exam malpractices saying cheating in the examinations was an unhealthy trend that candidates should shun and strive to excel by ‘doing genuine work’. He warned that cases of exams cheating, leakages, impersonations, and other forms of irregularities would not be entertained.
“Migori and Kisii counties are the headquarters of exam cheating and I can assure you that we have put the two regions on our radar,” he added.
He revealed that the ministry has received intelligence reports that unscrupulous candidates were planning to write on their facemasks and directed that all facemasks will be subjected to thorough scrutiny before one accesses the examination halls.