Commission for University Education Chairman Chacha Nyaigoti Chacha (left) speaks with Education Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiang'i at the Kenya School of Monetary Studies in Nairobi on November 15, 2017, after attending a meeting discussing growth of public universities. Dr Matiang’i passionately defended the integrity of the 2017 KCSE exam results. (PHOTO/nation.co.ke)
The just released results for KCSE are credible and a product of a fair marking process.
This is according to Education CS Fred Matiang'i.
“These results are the true picture of the performance of our children and the debate should be about how to go about improving the situation, not changing what has happened.”
Speaking on Friday while reacting to an uproar over the Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education examination results released on Wednesday, Matiang'i claimed that the results were credible since the time taken to mark was the same as that which was taken in the past.
He said the only thing not done this year was the “massaging” of results to give a false impression.
“Since 1990, the marking of exams has always been completed before Christmas. What took place after that was people massaging results and trading in them.”