President Uhuru Kenyatta has praised Education Cabinet Secretary, Fred Matiang'i, and other education stakeholders for a perfect performance in executing their obligation in securing Kenya Certificate of Primary Education (KCPE) results.
Uhuru urged Matiang'i and the Kenya National Examinations Council (KNEC) to persist on with the education reforms, to make sure that benefits made are upheld and become the tradition.
"The release of the Kenya Certificate of Primary Education results today confirms that reform of the national examination process has happened and integrity and credibility have been restored. I commend the CS and other education stakeholders," said Uhuru.
The president said in a statement sent to newsroom by Statehouse Spokesman, Manoah Esipisu, that although happy for the achievement of equity between boys and girls sitting KCPE, a number of counties still failed to keep up the pace.
"The President is pleased to note that the Ministry has introduced a raft of measures that have worked – this is important in meeting the Jubilee administration's goal of ensuring inclusivity in the education sector," read part of the statement.
Uhuru pointed out that some cultural practices made it difficult for some counties to attain the parity because some practices undermine education of the girl child and ordered the Ministry of Education to deal with that situation.