CS Machogu Denies 2022 KCSE Cheating Claims Amidst Senate Probe
Machogu advised Kenyans to stop targeting schools from the Nyanza region unfairly...
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Education Cabinet Secretary (CS) Ezekiel Machogu has yet again dismissed allegations of cheating in the 2022 Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE), despite active investigations by the Senate on the exams' integrity.
He was speaking on Friday, January 27 at the Kenya Institute of Curriculum Development (KICD) in Nairobi while overseeing the distribution of Grade 7 books for Junior Secondary School.
Machogu, while ascertaining that many of the allegations could not be proved adequately, advised Kenyans to stop targeting schools from the Nyanza region unfairly with the purpose of demeaning them.
"Each of us comes from a community. We all come from communities. We do not have to profile people.
"If we (Kisii and Nyamira counties) were to be ranked, we would have been between 36 and 40. In Nyanza, the best county was Siaya. Migori had 66 As, Kisumu 59, Kisii 50, and Nyamira had only 31 As," he addressed.
He insisted that he could not deny any deserving candidate who got an A grade their rightful score. Additionally, he noted that there was only a two per cent improvement in the number of students who attained direct entry points to university, adding that the number improved from 17.49 per cent in 2021 to 19.03 per cent.
“There is no major change in performance compared to the last two years that warrants the social media outcry. And the figures of Kenyans who transition to university when compared to global figures of 30 per cent is still much lower,” he said.
At the same time, Machogu revealed that Mang’u and Alliance High Schools led with the most A-plain grades in the exams, a week after he failed to disclose the schools that topped the nation while announcing the KCSE results. The two schools had 82 and 72 A-plain grades respectively.
Nyambaria High School in Nyamira County was particularly put in the spotlight after it stunned Kenyans on Friday, January 20 when it registered outstanding results in the 2022 KCSE, more than the famous academic giants.
The boys' high school recorded a mean score of 10.8975 out of 12, which was the most out of any school in the country and which was better than last year's performance of 9.3086.
Machogu at the time lauded Boaz Owino, Nyambaria high school principal, after supervising the 488 candidates who sat for the exams and all went to university.
The CS further noted that his ministry enforced a mechanism that minimised leakages and malpractices. He praised the Ministry of Information, Communication and the Digital Economy and the Communication Authority for closing all the loopholes in social media which disrupted the tendency of some individuals to post papers.
Murang’a Senator and Chairperson of the Senate Committee on Education Joe Nyutu announced on Tuesday, January 24 that part of the investigations will see the Senate summon Ministry of Education officials to establish the truth regarding the credibility and process in which the exam was administered.
The 16-member committee will also look into reported cases of 'abnormal curves' whereby schools had shown a sudden and massive increase in mean scores in the national examinations.
Protests had meanwhile erupted in Kisii County among parents of students of Nyabworoba Mixed Secondary School and Nyabiosi Secondary School who attributed the poor performance in their schools in the 2022 KCSE to their principals.
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