Candidates sitting their exams in the past. The Kenya National Examinations Council (Knec) has purchased machines for marking KCPE exams. [PHOTO/the-star.co.ke]
The Kenya National Examinations Council (Knec) has purchased machines for marking exams.
Council Chairman George Magoha said Knec spent Sh100 to procure the 20 machines in their bid to enhance marking of scripts.
Magoha stated that acquisition of the automated Optical Mark Recognition machines was going to reduce the marking work force by up to 50 per cent.
“Through the aid of the Government, the council has purchased 20 machines which are going to ease the work of marking with great efficiency and we anticipate that the compilation of results will be concluded earlier than any other time before,” Magoha said.
Since KCPE results were released on December 1 last year, Magoha's words suggest that this year the results will come out this November.
Magoha was speaking in Nyamira on Tuesday when he assessed the progress of examinations in the South Nyanza counties of Kisii, Migori and Nyamira.