Education
Homa Bay County Director of Education Eunice Khaemba has implored the public to stay away from the schools’ vicinity as students begin their national examinations today.
Ms Khaemba said the students, who are set to sit for their Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE), Kenya Primary School Education Assessment (KPSEA) and Kenya Intermediate Level Education Assessment (KILEA) examinations, need ample time without physical or psychological disturbance as they sit the crucial tests.
“Our schools should be out of bounds for any public gatherings and so I urge the public and other stakeholders to refrain from holding meetings near our examination centers,” she said. Khaemba dismissed rumors doing rounds that examination materials are up for sale in the market, saying that nobody has seen the contents of the examination papers, not even the senior officials at the Kenya Examination Council (KNEC).
“I want to allay any rumors that may go around that exams are in the market so that people give out money to get their hands on them. Those people who want to take advantage of the innocent public should be reported immediately,” said Khaemba.
The Education director who spoke at Wakiaga Polytechnic in Suba announced that the Ministry has prepared a water tight exam and added nobody should claim to have possession of it. “We will give a credible exam which has been prepared by the government through KNEC and the Ministry of Education and we expect that the examination will remain intact as was produced,” said Khaemba.
To reduce the movement from the containers to the examination centers and ensure efficiency in the administration of the examination, the county director said the government has increased the number of examination containers from 11 to 14. Khaemba affirmed that increasing the number of containers will ensure effective service delivery.
This being the first week of the KCSE examinations, some schools have commenced their exams with French, German, Sign Language, Arabic, Music and Home Science papers dominating the week. She further informed that the construction of most of grade nine classrooms in the county is complete and the remaining are close to completion and was optimistic that the Ministry will deliver the facilities on time.
