The Education ministry has cancelled the KCSE results of 5,101 students and reported a 70 per cent rise in the number of cases of irregularities.
“We had an unprecedented rise of exam irregularities in 2015. I apologise to the public for them,” Matiang’i said on Thursday when the results were released.
“I will ensure it will not happen again. Let us all be responsible,” he added, and commended Isiolo county for not having any cases of cheating.
He said Nairobi, Makueni and Meru counties were the most affected of the 47 counties.
The CS said the ministry will deal with candidates who cheated individually, through its secretariat.
“The secretariat that has been set up will address all queries regarding exam irregularities because our aim is to eliminate them,” he said.
“Our children cannot work hard only for [their effort] to be rendered useless on account of irregularities. Let us all get together and ensure a credible examination system.”
Matiang’i noted that a third of those who sat the exam have qualified for university. He said this was a 31.52 per cent improvement from 2014.
A total of 525,802 students sat the KCSE exam in 2015 compared to 485,547 in 2014.
Source: The Star