What Matiang'i overlooked in exams

The release of Form Four exam results last week came as a surprise to many. But it wouldn’t have been a shocker if Education Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiang’i had made prior full disclosure on measures put in place to make exam results credible. Everybody knows that Dr Matiang’i sealed all loopholes for exam leaks and cheating. He deserves a bouquet for his efforts.

But there is more to last week’s results, which Matiang’i did not tell Kenyans. Only education mandarins and veteran examiners know that last year’s Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) exam results were not standardised as had been the practice before.