Fred Matiang’i’s new broom should sweep all corners

Education Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiang’i. (Photo: David Njaaga/Standard)

Those who might have thought Education Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiang’i was a passing cloud were wrong. The reforms in the education sector are bound to continue as focus shifts to secondary school heads and universities.

For the first time in decades, the 2016 Kenya Certificate of Primary Education and Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education examinations were not riddled with incidents of cheating that have often led to cancellation of examination results.