This archive report was first published on 10 May 2021.
On May 10, 2021, President Uhuru Kenyatta received the 2020 Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) examination results ahead of their public release.
The results were presented to the President by Education CS Prof George Magoha at a briefing attended by Head of Public Service Dr Joseph Kinyua, Early Learning and Basic Education PS Dr Julius Jwan, and TSC CEO Nancy Macharia and her KNEC counterpart Mercy Karogo.
President Kenyatta congratulated the 2020 KCSE candidates for their great performance despite the challenges posed by Covid-19, and thanked education sector stakeholders for the smooth administration of the examinations.
At the same event, the President witnessed the swearing in of Prof Fatuma Chege as the Principal Secretary of the new State Department for Implementation of Curriculum Reforms within the Ministry of Education.
President Kenyatta expressed confidence in Prof Chege's ability to steer the ongoing rollout of the new curriculum, saying, 'You have been at the forefront in the development of this curriculum. You know what needs to be done.'
