Students to get KCPE exam results instantly

Plans are afoot to have class eight candidates write their national examinations online and have their results as soon as they complete the exercise. Kenya National Examinations Council (Knec) chief executive Paul Wasanga said the idea will be piloted next year with 1,000 pupils across the country. He also announced that primary school head teachers will print out their pupils official results slips at school and rubber stamp them before issuance. “We want to enhance accountability in examinations and also make the exercise smooth and efficient by embracing Information Communication Technology ( ICT) in administering examinations,” said Wasanga. He said the two exercises will ride on the primary schools ICT programme, which will be launched next year. “As the laptops for schools programme launches next year in January so will this exercise gain momentum because the infrastructure will be in place,” he said. He said some 844,475 pupils will sit this year’s Kenya Certificate of Primary Education (KCPE) in examination 23,819 centres. About 900 pupils from South Sudan will write KCPE this year as well. The primary examinations take three days. Another 449,246 students will seat this year’s Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) in 7,606 centres. biometric registration Wasanga said KCPE will officially start on November 12, with candidates’ rehearsal scheduled a day before. KCSE has been planned to start on October 22 and is slated to end on November 15. The examination will take18 days. The revelations come only days after Wasanga said the council would pilot biometric registration of candidates to check examination malpractice. He said candidates will register their fingerprints before entering examination rooms to eliminate impersonation.