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Submitted by IQ4News on Tue, 11/01/2011 - 1:33pm
Sam Ongeri, the country’s Education Minister, will launch the selection at the Kenya Institute of Education, Nairobi.
The selection process will for the first time be computerised and is anticipated to take far less time than in previous years.
Education Permanent Secretary, James ole Kiyiapi, said the criterion for this year’s selection will deviate from the traditional process, which was based on a quota system that allocated each part of the country a quota of candidates that would make it to the top national schools.
This year, however, a new criterion has been launched to give candidates from public schools greater chances of allocation.
No further details of the new system were offered.
Candidates can find out the results online at the Education ministry's website www.education.go.ke, or via SMS by sending their index numbers to 4042.
Provincial schools allocations will be available on the site on Thursday.
Last year, it was reported that as many as 1,103 results were cancelled due to allegations of cheating in Standard Eight national examinations. The accused candidates came from 68 schools countrywide.
A majority of the candidates accused of cheating were reported to have been from public schools, with 889 candidates compared to 214 from private schools.
The North Eastern Province, recorded the highest number of cheating, while Nyanza had the second highest number.
Candidates accused of cheating were found either working together in exam halls, or had answers on their mobile phones.
“The number of candidates who involved themselves in cheating was negligible but all the same no candidate should cheat in examinations,” said Prof Ongeri.
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