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CS Machogu takes teachers to task on 'ghost candidates'

PS Belio Kipsang chats with Education CS Ezekiel Machogu after he announced the 2023 KCSE results at the Moi Girls Kabarak on Jan 8, 2024. [Peter Ochieng, Standard]

It has emerged that school heads could be inflating candidate numbers to have their institutions registered as examination centres.

Education Cabinet Secretary Ezekiel Machogu hinted that some head teachers were registering "ghost candidates" for national examinations.

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