Following the increased number of candidates taking national examinations , Ministry of Education has decided to have some examination centres merged.
As per to the report presented to the national assembly,it indicates that the enrollment of candidates in primary and secondary schools(both public and private) has increased from 1,464,817 to 1,944,210 (33 %)since 2015.
This report which was signed by Education CS George Magoha clarified that reduction of examination centres will improve examination monitoring.
In this report, MoE suggests that the reduction of these centres will help to efficiently deter the occurrence of examination-related malpractices and maintain the integrity of the examination.
The cabinet secretary under MoE prof. George Magoha noted that the increased number of students led to increasing costs in terms of management of the exam period.
Education sector has seen increased payments of centre managers, supervisors, invigilators, security officers, and drivers.
With the above adjustments, this has coupled with the high cost of delivering examination materials to schools together with an inadequate number of security personnel to offer security in the examination centres.
In an effort to ensure there is enough space to accommodate hosted students, class 1 to 7 pupils will not be in school during the examination period.
Candidate’s sitting arrangements in all examination centres will be maintained at the spacing of 1.5 Meters in the examination rooms.
Magoha insisted that the number of invigilators will be maintained at 20 candidates per invigilator.
The merger of exam centres will however not affect special needs institutions .
Prof Magoha submission was in response to a question posed by Kitui West MP Edith Nyenze in Parliament.
The Mp inquired if the policy would negatively affect the performance of students.
This move to plan to merge examination centers with less than 40 students has seen at least 162 centers shut down.
With the implementation of this directive, KCPE examination centres have reduced from 28,467 to 28,329; a reduction of almost 138 centers.
The KCSE examination centers have reduced from 10,437 to 10,413 in the previous year, 24 have been shut down.
Early May this year, the ministry of education through KNEC directed that all examination centers with less than 40 students will not be used.
The Kenyan examination body knec previously directed that any school with between five and 14 candidates should be hosted by another center, which was to be determined by the respective sub-county director of education.
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