KNEC announces KCSE and KPSEA new measures and explains the features of the exam paper.
The Kenya National test Council (KNEC) released information on Friday in advance of the start of the Kenya Primary School Assessment (KPSEA) and Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) as the national test dates approach.
Julius Ogamba, the cabinet secretary for education, said during a KNEC conference that this year’s papers will have a few minor changes in addition to some new elements.
For example, as part of the precautions implemented to prevent examination misconduct, the papers will contain candidate details in a pre-printed format.
The CS mentioned that the documents will include the names, index numbers, and even the schools of the kids.
“This year, we’ve introduced a number of innovations that will be in effect. One of these innovations is personalized question papers for the KCSE exams, which will have the candidates’ names pre-printed on them,” said CS Ogamba.
Features of Exam Papers
According to KNEC, the first page of the KCSE exams will have the pre-printed details of all candidates of a particular examination centre. The front page of the paper has two sections, the upper part and the lower part.
The upper section of the front page of the exam paper will contain the personal details of the students such as the candidate’s name, index number, centre code and centre name. It will also have a candidate’s signature section where the student will be required to append their signature.
According to KNEC officials, KPSEA will come in a green package while the KCSE exams will be distributed in blue packages.
Updates
The education minister while addressing the delegates, further revealed that the examination collection problem experienced in the previous year after students completed writing their papers had been addressed through the introduction of 41 additional containers.
According to the CS, the addition of 41 containers would minimise the distance covered by the centre managers when picking up and returning the papers to collection points.
To ensure that the students are accorded a conducive environment as they prepare for the exams, the CS directed school principals to stop further visits by parents to schools.
“There are clear instructions and circulars that do not have any activities in schools this term as we allow students to prepare for their exams,” CS Ogamba stated.
The CS cautioned that the government would have no mercy on anyone found engaging in examinations malpractices. “When we compromise our examination, we compromise the standards of our certificates,” the education minister cautioned.
This year, the government is set to administer the KCSE examinations to 965,501 candidates in 10,565 centres and the KPSEA examinations to 1,303,913 candidates in 35,573 centres, bringing the total to 2,279,414 candidates across the country.
KNEC announces KCSE and KPSEA new measures and explains the features of the exam paper.
