Kenya National Examination Council (KNEC) has dismissed claims of irregularities in the just released Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) exams.
In a statement dated Friday, January 12, KNEC dismissed claims that a student who died days before the start of KCSE exams in November 2023 got a D- (minus) in one of the papers.
The examination body termed the reports which had been circulated on various social media platforms as fake news.
The social media post which was flagged as fake, it indicated that the said candidate missed other subjects including English, Mathematics, Kiswahili, Physics, Chemistry and Geography. However, the result indicated that he had a D- (minus) in Biology.
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Social media user who shared the result slip thus wondered how a dead candidate sat for a Biology paper and got a D- (minus).
"This boy reportedly died before KCSE exams began, but somehow he pulled a mama Rosa, resurrected, sat the biology paper, and scored a D-, maybe because he couldn't revise in the grave because of darkness," the user wrote.
"The only thing that works efficiently in this country is corruption. The country is in the hands of quacks," the user added.
However, KNEC debunked the claims indicating that the result slip did not emanate from its portal.
The statement comes amidst pressure from certain stakeholders to review some of the results.
On Thursday, January 11, angry parents barricaded the gates of Mafuta Secondary School in Moiben, Uasin Gishu County, protesting the alleged persistent poor performance of the school in last year’s KCSE examinations.
The leading student had a D+, followed by a D -, while the rest of the candidates scored an E.
Other schools also expressed displeasure over the results calling for a review.
