Dead student had been graded
A dead student was graded as having sat and cheated in the Form Four exams, an MP told Parliament on Thursday.
Mr Adan Duale (Dujis) tabled a petition by the 1,600 students from Wajir, Garissa and Mandera counties, whose results were cancelled.
He said the deceased, though he had registered for the exams, died two months before sitting. “He was ranked as having scored a ‘y’,” said Mr Duale.
The Dujis MP added that there was another student who had quit school five months before the exam but was graded by the Kenya National Examination Council as having scored a D+.
The petitioners want Parliament to order a forensic audit into the processes of the Kenya National Examinations Council and to dig up what led to the massive cancellation of results particularly in North Eastern schools. (READ: Kenya exam boss rejects results audit calls)
The MP added that the council staff who had colluded with the students had to be exposed.
The MP said the petitioners also wanted the House Committee on Education, which is chaired by Mr David Koech (Mosop) to address the issue fully.
The cancellation of exams results over the last five years should also be looked into, he said.
“This touches on the credibility of exams in this country. It is a matter of national importance,” said Mr Duale.
The petition received immense support in the House with Deputy Speaker Farah Maalim, assistant ministers Richard Onyonka and Kilemi Mwiria joining the rest of the MPs in calling for a thorough audit into the exams council.
Mr Maalim accused the council of doctoring results of areas designated as “politically correct.”
“We need to go back to the East Africa scheme where exam papers did not have names or regions but numbers which kept changing,” said Mr Maalim.
Mr Joseph Nkaissery, of Kajiado Central, said the Education Committee had to deal with the issue and have a “thorough forensic audit on the national examination council.”
Mr Mohammed Affey (nominated) said the Education Minister Sam Ongeri had ignored calls from Parliament to form a committee to audit Knec, and now, it was upon the House committee to do the job.
