2023 KCSE Results Takes Another Twist As KNEC Reveals Grading Errors
KNEC reveals grading errors that occurred due to system glitch which led to some students scoring highers grades in KCSE 2023 examination.
According to KNEC the error occurred during the printing of the Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE).
On Tuesday 9th April KNEC said that a system glitch led to the omission of minus signs (-) for some grades. This meant that some students’ grades were printed as, for example, a D (plain) instead of a D- (minus).
The information was receaved after Education Cabinet Secretary Ezekiel Machogu and KNEC Chief Executive Officer David Njengere were grilled by the National Assembly Education Committee to answer questions regarding grade discrepancies in the 2023 KCSE exams.
2023 KCSE Results Takes Another Twist As KNEC Reveals Grading Errors
CS Machogu and KNEC CEO informed the committee that 3,018 candidates across 1,059 examination centres nationwide were affected by this error.
However, KNEC stated that the online portal reflected the accurate results and that discrepancies were solely in the printed nominal rolls distributed to schools.
Additionally, KNEC reported that a correct printout has since been delivered to the affected schools.
MPs raised the concerns the affected students and the confusion in the errors.
2023 KCSE Results Takes Another Twist As KNEC Reveals Grading Errors
CS Ezekiel Machogu added that the Ministry of Education had taken steps to prevent similar occurrences in the future.
“A technical team was constituted, with representation from the Ministry of ICT and the Digital Economy, the National Computer and Cybercrimes Coordination Unit and the ICT Authority,” Machogu stated.
The Parliamentary education committee wrote a letter on March 4, 2024 to the ministry of education calling upon for detailed reported over the discrepancies.
KNEC was obligated to upgrade its IT infrastructure and implement continuous performance monitoring to proactively identify and curb potential shortcomings.
