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Positive steps towards credible examinations

Education Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiang’i. (Photo: Pius Cheruiyot/Standard)

The Kenya Certificate of Primary Education exams end today in an exercise that has been remarkably different from the past. At the beginning of the year, Education Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiang’i announced measures to restore the credibility of our national examinations.

He started by reconstituting the Kenya National Examinations Council and even reorganising the school terms. Though he didn’t reveal other measures then, we have seen some of them during this year’s KCPE.

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