Candidates sitting the 2020 Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) and the Kenya Certificate of Primary Education (KCPE) exams have been told to remain focused. On Saturday Education Cabinet Secretary George Magoha asked the over 1.9 million candidates not to panic. He said the ministry has considered their long absence from school due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
Prof Magoha said the examinations will be student friendly adding that the examiners who set the KCPE and KCSE exams have considered the effects of the long break.
While urging calm, the CS noted that schools have adequately covered the syllabus.
“Syllabus coverage has been done so there is no need for anxiety…. Do not worry about the examination. We are aware you were at home for nine months, so your hope must remain alive. Do not get stressed. If you believe in God, you will all pass” Magoha told journalists.
The Cabinet Secretary was touring schools in the Western region; including Chavakali Boys’ Secondary School in Vihiga County.
He dismissed reports of leaks, saying the exam questions have not found their way to the market, where parents and students are likely to purchase test papers from people claiming to have them.
The KCSE 2020 exams will be done between March 26th and 21st April, this year (2021). The marking exercise will be conducted for three weeks; between 19th April and 5th May.
On the other hand, the KCPE tests will be written for three days; from 22.03.2021 to 24.03.2021.
Education CS Prof. George Magoha speaks to learners of Chavakali High School, Vihiga County. The CS advised the learners not to panic but to contextualize the KCSE exams set to commence later in March, this year.
Cheating hot spots
People deceiving parents and candidates about selling examination papers risk getting arrested, he added.
Prof Magoha also issued a warning for Isebania, Kisii and Migori, saying they are on the ministry’s radar as it fights exam cheating and other irregularities.
He discouraged the candidates from copying, saying each of them is intelligent.
“I am moving around to encourage students. They are ready for the examinations,” the CS said.
Education officials have discovered that fake examination papers were still circulating in some parts of the country.
Education Cabinet Secretary Prof. George Magoha said that some centre managers were confusing students by waking them up at night to do fake examinations only to find out that the real papers were different from the circulated fake papers.
Magoha made the remarks today when he officiated the opening of examination papers in Homa Bay County Headquarters.
Magoha said that despite several attempts by some candidates to cheat in the examinations, the integrity of the examinations was still intact. “We are not going to allow anything to jeopardize the integrity of our examinations,’ he said.
The CS who was accompanied by Homa Bay County Commissioner Moses Lilan said that despite several attempts by candidates to cheat during examinations, the security agents are quite on top of the process and so far no candidate has had undue advantage.
He further disclosed that due to laxity of some examination staff, students have smuggled phones into examination rooms with the help of some officials but the security agents have been able to track down and retrieve the phones.
He revealed that yesterday in one of the schools, a candidate was assisted by an examination official to smuggle a phone in the exam room and was able to take photographs and send to someone outside who did the exam and sent the answers back through the phone.
The candidate was found and arrested but was allowed back to sit for the exam in the morning and will be taken to court in the afternoon and thereafter be allowed to continue with the examination.
“The integrity of the examination is totally unquestionable and our security agents are quite on top of this process,” Magoha said.
He further blamed some university students and teachers outside who are paid to do the exams and send them to candidates.
The cabinet secretary added that if a candidate has cheated in one or two areas, he will eventually be caught during the marking of the papers.
“From this moment please do the exams the way they are supposed to be done and if you are bold enough to cheat, then the choice is yours and you will face the consequences,” he Warned.
The County Commissioner Moses Lilan also advised security agents to be vigilant at all times during the examination period.
He cautioned them that they would be disciplined if at all examination irregularities are discovered.
KCPE 2020/2021 Exam Results-The date when this year’s Kenya Certificate of Primary Education (KCPE) results will be released has been announced. Education Cabinet Secretary Prof George Magoha says marking of the multiple choice exams is now complete. It is important to note that these tests are marked by scanners through a high tech computerized system; and hence the faster marking rate.
CS Magoha said on Tuesday that the examiners under contracted by the Kenya National Council of Examination (KNEC) had now started marking Insha and Composition exams administered under the Kiswahili and English paper respectively.
“We have completed the marking of multiple choice questions and started the marking of composition and insha papers,” CS Magoha told journalists on Tuesday in Kisumu.
Magoha said the marking exercise is voluntary to the examiners and nobody will coerce them to participate.
“If you choose you don’t want to go to Nairobi because you think you might get what is there, we can’t force you to come,” he noted.
The CS was responding to claims that teachers’ unions were opposed to centralization of the marking in the capital, Nairobi; that has recorded the highest cases of the deadly Covid19 pandemic. He added that the number of examiners has been trimmed so as to observe social distance during the marking.
On release of the KCPE results, CS Magoha announced that they will be released in the next two weeks; by Monday 19th April, 2021. The 2019 KCPE results were announced on 18th November.
RECEIVING YOUR KCPE RESULTS
You can now receive your KCPE results through the KNEC SMS Code 20076.
How to write your SMS for 2020 KCPE results.
To receive your KCPE results faster, then, you will have to send an SMS to Knec. This is the fastest and surest way of receiving your results. Follow the simple steps below;
Go to Messages in your phone.
Type the Knec SMS Code 20076 as the recipient. This should be entered in the box indicated ‘Type Name or Number’.
Next, compose a new message with your full index number (11digits) followed by KCPE; For example 23467847002KCPE. Do not use the random number given during the exam. But, use your normal index number.
Once done, send your message.
Do not send the message more than once. After sending the message,wait for Knec to respond with a message containing your results.
Some times the response from Knec may take longer. Please do not be impatient,just wait for a few minutes.
The image below summarizes the whole process, to make it simple for you to compose and send your message;
How to compose and send a message to Knec SMS code 20076 for your KCPE results.
8. Remember that this is a premium SMS service and you will be charged Sh25 per an SMS sent. Also send the SMS once the results are officially out.
To receive your KCPE results faster, then, you will have to send an SMS to Knec. This is the fastest and surest way of receiving your results. Follow the simple steps below;
Go to Messages in your phone.
Type the Knec SMS Code 20076 as the recipient. This should be entered in the box indicated ‘Type Name or Number’.
Next, compose a new message with your full index number (11digits) followed by KCPE; For example 23467847002KCPE. Do not use the random number given during the exam. But, use your normal index number.
Once done, send your message.
Do not send the message more than once. After sending the message,wait for Knec to respond with a message containing your results.
Some times the response from Knec may take longer. Please do not be impatient,just wait for a few minutes.
The image below summarizes the whole process, to make it simple for you to compose and send your message;
How to compose and send a message to Knec SMS code 20076 for your KCPE results.
8. Remember that this is a premium SMS service and you will be charged Sh25 per an SMS sent. Also send the SMS once the results are officially out.
