Magoha Confirms Candidates Will Sit for Their KCPE and KCSE in March 2022

The Ministry of Education has confirmed that the candidates will sit for their KNEC examinations in March and April 2022 as scheduled in the new school calendar.

Magoha said this while accompanying his Interior counterpart, Fred Matiang’i, in South Mugirango in Kisii County on Monday, December 6^th.

The CS addressed students who’ve had concerns that exams will cover the whole syllabus, yet they spent most of the school calendar at home due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

He clarified that the government would work closely with the Kenya National Examination  Council KNEC, and other stakeholders will consider this while setting the exams.

The KCPE and KCSE exams will be tailor-made to factor in the challenges the candidates have faced due to the pandemic. It will not include topics candidates have not covered when they sit for their finals.

He, therefore, urged candidates to be calm as he reassured them that the government understood how the school year was disrupted.

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“Let our learners maintain calm and be ready to sit the examinations. We will ensure we have a human face in the coming examinations. Candidates should not fear,” Magoha said.

The year 2020 began creditably with a lot of expectancies. Teachers and learners had sharpened their academic tools to begin the year. January and February were alright.

However, in March, the Kenyan government unanticipatedly closed all schools and colleges nationwide in response to the first positive test of Covid-19. This led to throwing into disarray learning programs countrywide.

Subsequently, there was a complete turnaround of the school calendar.

While COVID-19 has affected nearly all learners globally, school closures, curfews, and imposed lockdowns have exacerbated existing inequalities for marginalized learners and come with a host of unintended consequences for all learners.

The last three months have seen an increase in cases of school fires, with the worrying trend now forcing Cs Magoha and Matiang’i to call for re-introduction of radical disciplinary measures, including caning of students.

Key among the proposals made by CS Magoha to address the widespread unrest in schools is doing away with boarding schools and allowing learners to study as day-scholars