Tight marking deadlines, difficult questions may have led to poor grades

Stacy Mwongeli Gichohi, 17, from Maryhill Girls' High School,Thika is celebrated by family members, from left Amy (Younger sister), Tracy (Older sister) and Jacqueline (Mother) after emerging top 100 nationally with a straight A of 81 points in the just concluded Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) 2017.[David Njaaga,Standard]

Teachers who marked this year’s KCSE exam have said most questions were too difficult for the students, lending credence to claims that the massive failure was expected.

The admission by teachers that they also worked long hours could open floodgates to demands by thousands of disappointed parents for re-marking of the Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) exam papers.