2024 KCSE Results: 840 Nullified, 2,829 Withheld
What seemed to be a wave of empty threats by the Kenya National Examinations Council in Kenya has left a distasteful feel among many Kenyans. For quite some time, the examining body in Kenya has been exercising empathy and compassion towards learners involved in KCSE examination malpractices. The release of the 2024 KCSE results by CS Julius Migosi has left many Kenyans perturbed after a whopping 840 candidates’ results were nullified. In addition to [this, 2,829 KCSE results have been withheld by the Council owing to the rising cases of examination malpractices occasioned by lack of integrity among some teachers, invigilators, supervisors and even center managers.
KNEC Cracks the Whip on KCSE 2024 Candidates
To address this challenge and prevent similar future occurrences, KNEC retired several examiners last year from marking the KCSE 2024 examinations after their schools were involved in malpractices. However, this action did not sit well with these examiners for they felt that the Council was being unfair to them especially now that they were neither caught in the act nor involved in cheating.
2024 KCSE Results Portal Crashes
Now that the Knec Portal has crashed, anxiety has reigned supreme among the candidates since they cannot confirm their scores.
Speaking during Thursday’s release of the 2024 KCSE results, Education Cabinet Secretary Migos Ogamba noted that KNEC withheld 2,829 candidates’ results over suspicion of engaging in exam irregularities, pending the conclusion of an investigation process in 30 days.
He defended the decision, referencing the KNEC (Handling of Examination Irregularities) Rules of 2015, Legal Notice No. 132 of 2015, which grants the Council the legal mandate to either suspend or withhold a candidate’s results over exam malpractices.
Also, the CS confirmed that disciplinary action would be taken against 91 teachers who were reported to have aided in examination malpractices.
“It is unfortunate that a few contracted professionals and teachers are, however, still insistent on ruining the future of our learners by subjecting them to examination malpractices,” Ogamba said.
In his speech, the CS hailed KNEC for using anonymity while marking the papers to enhance credibility and transparency.