Kenya Certificate of Primary Education results released amidst concerns over Cheating

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Submitted by IQ4News on Wed, 28/12/2011 - 12:34pm

The results are released at a time the education ministry is headed for major reforms with stakeholders proposing a 6-6-4 system.

By Joab Apollo

Kagiri Christine Muthoni and Irungu Waihara are the top candidates nationally for the 2011 Kenya Certificate of Primary Education results released by Basic Education Minister Professor Sam Ongeri at Mtihani House on Wednesday morning.

The two tied at 442 marks out of the possible 500 marks. They were followed closely by Karanja Christine who scored 441.

Kirinyaga, Nandi and Makueni counties emerged tops in the county profiling that came to effect since the enactment of the new constitution in 2010.

Previously the schools were grouped provincially.

Privately-owned school beat Public schools, a fact that parents blame on government’s lip service to state-funded schools.

Speaking while releasing the results, Professor Ongeri castigated teachers for colluding with pupils to cheat in exams, noting that a teacher who received Ksh.800,000 through the mobile money transfer system, M-PESA, is being tracked down by the police for possible arrest.

The Education minister said that the record was a dent to his ministry and called for the firing of such teachers, whom he said also conspired with invigilators and supervisors.

6-4-4 system of education

A total of 775,829 sat for the exams whose results showed a considerable improvement compared to that of 2010, given that about 600,000 pupils scored above 400 marks.

The announcement comes at a time many Kenyans are calling for the scrapping of the 8-4-4 system of education, blaming it for low-quality.

Stakeholders at the Ministry of Education have proposed a 6-6-4 system, which they believe would improve the quality of education in the country.

The minister, who was flanked by Provincial Directors of Education and Kenya Union of Teachers Officials, also called for an end to the trend where head teachers force poorly performing students to repeat classed and directed that penalties will be taken against such heads.

“The older the student, the lower the performance” Ongeri said.

At the same time the ministry of education has scrapped the quarter system in the selection of pupils to join Secondary schools in the country.

This is to level the ground and allow students from different parts of the country to unite as opposed to previously when they were admitted to their home District and Provincial Schools.