Clean KCSE results will run cartels out of business

Former Uasin Gishu High School student Otieno Onyango Kelvin is carried by his family members after receiving his KCSE results on 30/12/2016. He scored an A plain with 81 points. PHOTOS BY PETER OCHIENG/STANDARD

Something very commendable has happened in the education sector; the 2016 KCSE results are credible. After a decade of unreliable results, Education Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiang’i, Kenya National Examinations Council (Knec) Chairman George Magoha and their team have proved that it is possible to do things right and get it right. In the past, we were treated to imitations of results.

Earlier in the year when the CS announced reforms in the way exams are conducted, we witnessed students’ unrest and burning of school facilities. Preliminary analysis show that of the 126 schools that experienced arson attacks by end of July, only about one in every 10 feature among schools with students who scored grade A or A-.