Anxiety is building in Parents and students countrywide over delayed release of the 2014 Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education, KCSE, exam results. Speculations are rife over what may have occasioned the delay.
With marking of the KCSE 2024 exams completed by mid December, results were expected before Christmas or atleast within the first week of January, 2025.
Assurances by Education Principal Secretary, PS, Belio Kipsang said and his Boss; Education Cabinet Secretary Julius Migosi Ogamba have done little to cool the anxiety.
The Kenya National Examinations Council, Knec, is equally tight lipped on the status of the KCSE 2024 results.
The Ministry of Education has reassured stakeholders and Kenyans at large that there will be no delays in releasing the results. Basic Education Principal Secretary Belio Kipsang on Thursday, December 26 2024, affirmed that the results will be released within the same timeline as last year, despite growing speculation about delays.
“This is the second year we are releasing results in January. The trouble with all of us is that, when we release in December, all of us say we are hurrying to release results,” said Dr. Kipsang.
Kipsang also dismissed claims of manipulation, assuring parents and students that the results’ integrity remains intact. The Kenya National Examinations Council (KNEC) has been working to finalise the analysis of results for the largest KCSE cohort in history. The council is also analyzing results from the Kenya Primary School Education Assessment (KPSEA), adding to its workload.
Education stakeholders, led by the Kenya Secondary Schools Heads Association (KESSHA), have urged KNEC to uphold transparency.
KESSHA Chair Willy Kuria reiterated the need to eliminate ranking systems and review performance-based teacher promotions, which they claim create undue pressure and incentivized malpractice.
“We advocate for policies that focus on holistic student development rather than a single mean score,” said Mr. Kuria.
Dr. Kipsang assured the public that examiners had been given ample time to ensure accuracy and fairness.
“Every student will receive the grade they deserve for their four years of hard work,” he said.
