The release of the Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) yesterday by Dr. Fred Matiangi points at serious problems bedeviling our education sector. A shockingly sharp decline in the number of A’s, even with academic giants such as Maranda High School, who have previously produced 100 A’s registering not a single one, explains how rotten our examination system had gotten.
We must give credit where it’s due. Kudos to the indefatigable CS Dr. Fred Matiangi. You have, almost single-handedly, restored sanity in our exams, firstly by ensuring that every candidate got their results. As he did put in his own words: