Garissa is among counties that registered high cases of examination irregularities in the 2015 Kenya Certificate of Primary Education (KCPE) examination results released yesterday.
According to the figures provided by the Kenya National Examination Council (KNEC), Garissa County registered 170 cases of examination irregularities.
According to KNEC examination irregularities in Garissa were reported in 3 sub counties and six examination centers.
Other counties with high cases of examination irregularities were Busia 261 cases, Meru 218, Kakamega 191, Wajir 187 and Kisii with 106 cases respectively.
Others were Kitui 128 cases, Turkana 125, West Pokot 124, Nairobi 111 , Nakuru 72 and Machakos 56 respectively.
While releasing the results on Wednesday, Education Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiang’i decried rising in exam irregularities in this year’s KCPE.
The CS asked officials at KNEC to stop the talk and take appropriate action in curbing examination irregularities.
Matiang’i said that an examination irregularity is a crime and said that he will work with stakeholders to tame it out. “We must think of effective ways of curbing examination irregularities so that the national examinations can be credible,” said the CS.