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The inordinate focus on the Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) exams is reflective of the premium that Kenyans place on learning.
To the indigent, education is a route out of poverty. To the well-heeled, it is a means of maintaining social status. Thus, the KCSE exams, being the penultimate tests, are thought to either uplift candidates from poverty or influence the vicissitudes of their fortunes.
Unfortunately, in the past the integrity of the KCSE exam outcome was questionable because of cheating. Then, exam violators were publicly excoriated and sanctioned. According to newspaper reports, this year, the Education CS Ezekiel Machogu has "not provided data on malpractices, those caught and the punishment meted out as has been the norm in the past."
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