Giving students second chance at KCSE exam an excellent idea

St Anne's Girls Kiminini deputy Principal Cosmas Nabungolo and students celebrate after the school posted a mean grade of 9.33 in the 2024 KCSE examination. [Mike Kihaki, Standard]

The Kenya National Examination Council (Knec) has invited students who missed their Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education examination (KCSE) or those who wish to retake it. This is a positive move and an encouragement to thousands of students, whose hopes would have been dashed unfairly, as they now have a chance to better their grades.

I say unfairly because just one attempt at an exam and you don't make it to university or achieve the grade that reflects your intelligence is most unfortunate. A second chance means for whatever reason the first attempt didn't work, a student's fate is not sealed.