This archive report was first published on 10 May 2021.
Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) 2020 results are set to be released today, May 10, 2021, by Education Cabinet Secretary George Magoha.
The results, which were marked last week, will be released nearly six months later than the traditional announcement date of late December.
Marking of the national test, which was the first final secondary education examination to be conducted under the Covid-19 pandemic, was completed last week.
Prof Magoha had promised that the examinations would be administered and marked “with a human face” to assuage fears of learners who felt inadequately prepared to sit the test.
“We are all determined to ensure (that) grades awarded to our learners are all merited and that our academic qualifications are beyond reproach,” Prof Magoha said at the end of the examinations.
Private primary school owners had claimed that their students were marked down in the KCPE exams released last month, but Education officials strongly denied the accusation.
The Education CS indicated that an early release of results would benefit to make up for the time lost last year due to prolonged closure of schools forced by the Covid-19 pandemic.
