Education CS Prof George Magoha
By: N. George
Worth Noting:
- The teachers service commission (TSC) head NancyMacharia commended the teachers for their great work leading to attainment of these results during an academic year which was relatively shorter compared to other academic years due to Covid-19 break which disrupted the school calendar.
- She also thanked most of the teachers involved in the examination process for their utmost professional conduct;an indicator of their commitment to ensure a credible examination who she encouraged them to keep up the good spirit.
- “TSC will recognize and reward all the teachers, who excelled in the process in line with the performance recognition, rewards and sanctions policy, this will act as a motivation.
On Monday, March 28, 2022 at Mitihani House, Nairobi, Education Cabinet Secretary George Magoha announced the 2021 Kenya Certificate of Primary Education (KCPE) results.
The examination rehearsals were held on Friday 4th March 2022 with the exam papers done from Monday 7th March 2022 and ended on Wednesday 9th March 2022
Those who attained top 10 slots nationally were read by the education cabinet secretary, and below are their names:
- Magata Bruce Mckenzie – Gilgil Hills Academy – 428 marks
- Momanyi Ashley Kerubo – Makini School – 427 marks
- Kuoma Charity Buyanzi -Holy Family Misikhu Girls Primary School- 426 marks
- Mbugua Sharon Wairimu – Emmanuel Springs – 426 marks
5.Muteti Shantel Ndinda – Kitengela International School – 426 marks
- Stanley Otieno Omondi – Rofin Field Junior School – 426 marks
- Wekesa Naomi – Whitestar Academy – 426 marks
- Kimani Ethan Karuga – Stepping Stones Preparatory – 426 marks
- Njeru Joel Musyoka – Nyagwa Primary – 425 marks
- Muriuki Victor – PCEA Mwimbi Boarding Primary school- 425 marks
- Diana Rose Natola – Fesbeth Kakamega – 425 marks
- Kaderia Emmanuel Munene – New Bambini – 425 marks
- Emmanuel Kiplagat Ngetich – Moi Kabarak – 425 marks
- George Morris Otieno – Hill School – 425 marks
Interested parties among them candidates, parents and guardians can access the results through the Kenya National Examination Council (KNEC) website, SMS platforms, county education offices and the respective schools. For the SMS option, the candidates should send their index number, followed by the initials KCPE (in capital letters) to 20076 in order to access the results.
The short message services (SMS) using various mobile phone networks will be charged a flat rate of Ksh25 each.
The number of candidates who sat for this examination was 1,214,031 in 28,248 examination centres and there were 4,970 centre managers. Out of all the examination centers 6,863 had less than 30 registered candidates.
A total of 5,567 examiners marked the English composition and Kiswahili Insha scripts while the rest of the papers were marked with machine scoring of the candidate’s Optical mark recognition (OMR) answer sheets.
To ensure effective administration of this examination, Kenya National Examinations Council (KNEC) engaged the services of 174,910 professionals who administered the examinations drawn from ministries of interior and coordination of national government, ministry of education, teachers service commission (TSC) and other government agencies.
The teachers service commission (TSC) head Dr. Nancy Macharia commended the teachers for their great work leading to attainment of these results during an academic year which was relatively shorter compared to other academic years due to Covid-19 break which disrupted the school calendar. She also thanked most of the teachers involved in the examination process for their utmost professional conduct; an indicator of their commitment to ensure a credible examination who she encouraged them to keep up the good spirit.
“TSC will recognize and reward all the teachers, who excelled in the process in line with the performance recognition, rewards and sanctions policy, this will act as a motivation.
The TSC will act firmly and expeditiously on those teachers who will be found guilty of aiding in examination irregularities. Few teachers would not be allowed to mar the good name of teaching fraternity.” Macharia remarked.
Addressing the press at Mitihani house during the release of national primary school examinations, education cabinet secretary Professor George Magoha was happy with the Jubilee administration that have seen a six-year run of the most clean and flawless national examination campaigns that have restored the integrity and credibility of our national certification system. Yesterday results will be the second last before there is fully transition into the competency based curriculum (CBC).
He warned those involved in exam malpractices like taking the photos of exams, saying that the ministry will punish both the candidates and the teachers who are caught. Those caught colluding in any paper to steal the exam will be awarded zero marks in that paper.
He said that there will be a hundred percent transition from primary schools to secondary schools of all 2021 KCPE candidates.
Commenting on Elimu scholarship ship which started in 2019 to help students from disadvantaged backgrounds have so far helped around 18,000 students for the 4 year secondary school course by offering them full scholarship, he said that this year 9,000 students are set to benefit from it.
This year 320 candidates in 7 examination centres were caught attempting to collude, their exam coordinators will face the law.
The gender parity in the exam was achieved with 50.28 boys and 49.72 girls.
12 counties registered more female candidates than male candidate compared to 20 counties in 2020 among them are Mombasa, Meru, Isiolo, Tharaka Nithi, Nairobi, Uasin Gishu, Busia, Bungoma, Kakamega, Vihiga, Kisumu and Siaya
The number of absent candidates was 11,500 a decrease of 924 from last year which had 12,424 candidates. The number of candidates below age increased from 26,000 last year to 33,000. The counties with the highest entry of these candidates are Baringo, Bomet, Kericho, West Pokot and Nyamira.
Six papers recorded an improved performance in this year compared to year2020. These are English composition, Kiswahili Lugha, Kiswahili Insha, Kenya sign language composition, science and social studies but Mathematics, English paper and religious education recorded a drop.
The highest scorer this year got 428 marks which are 5 points lower than that of 2020 top candidate who scored 433 marks.
The female candidates defeated their male counterparts in both languages, these are English and Kiswahili. Male candidates were better at science, Kenya sign language, mathematics and religious education. Overall performance of 2021 scores was better compared to 2020.
The marks range between the top 14 candidates is only 3 points.
A total of 11,857 candidates scored 400-500 marks, 315,275 candidates scored 300-399 marks, 578,197 candidates scored 200-299 marks, 1,302 candidates 100-199 marks while 1,170 scored 0-99 marks.
The number of candidates with special needs was lower in the year 2021 (2,483) compared to that of 2020 (2,675).
“The categories with the highest number of candidates with special needs in the 2021 KCPE examination were those with physical disabilities (1,013), followed by those with hearing impairment (734),” said Magoha.
The candidates with special needs were 2 who have scored over 400 marks 337 between 300-399 marks, an increase compared to last year when they were 318.
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