KCSE results to be released second week of January, CS Machogu says
KCSE results to be released second week of January, CS Machogu says
KCSE results to be released second week of January, CS Machogu says,
The 2023 Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education KCSE results will be released in the second week of January.
Education Cabinet Secretary Ezekiel Machogu says verification processes are underway to ensure the accuracy and credibility of the results.
In an interview with a local newspaper the education Cabinet Secretary said the KCSE examination marking process is complete.
Machogu further noted that the Kenya National Examination Council (KNEC) has eliminated the requirement for candidates to sit for five mandatory subjects adding that this will increase the chances of the 903,260 candidates who sat for the KCSE exams to qualify for higher education.
Students will be graded on their performance in two compulsory subjects, that is, Mathematics and any language including English, Kiswahili, or National Sign Language.
The new grading structure that was launched in August was recommended by the Presidential Working Party, on Education Reforms.
“We are doing this to allow learners to explore subjects they are good at.”
The change will see a higher number of students qualify for university entry points.
“Even the entry grade for university education, the numbers will increase because last year we had 173,000 students out of 887,000 getting C+ and above which is 19 per cent,” Machogu said.
“Regionally, Rwanda, Uganda and Tanzania the percentage of people going to university is about 30 per cent.”
CS Machogu’s assurance of credible results comes days after the Kenya National Union of Teachers urged him to give examiners more time to compile and give the candidate the marks they deserve.
Knut national vice chairperson Aggrey Namisi claimed KCPE results were rushed hence having errors, pleading that the same will not be repeated with KCSE.
“Please CS Machogu, we are not in a hurry, give the markers time to analyse results well before you release, we don’t want to experience what happened during the KCPE examination release,” he said while addressing the press in Bungoma on December 23.
“Let the examiners go through the questions, mark, prepare, and give credible results.”
