Unlike previous years where examination papers were picked all at the same time, during this year’s national exams, the Ministry of Education only allowed supervisors to pick morning papers.
After candidates complete the morning papers, the examination officials will return them to the container as they pick up the afternoon papers.
Officials of schools or examination centers will be required to pick question papers from the nearest container.
This was the new strategy unveiled to curb cheating in some schools which had been rampant.
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The new strategy was implemented on Monday, October 30 as candidates in class eight and those in grade six will today begin their Kenya Certificate of Primary Education (KCPE) and Kenya Primary School Education Assessment (KPSEA) examinations.
President William Ruto oversaw the exercise in various schools Kikuyu, Kiambu County while Prime Cabinet Secretary Musalia Mudavadi was in Nairobi.
Education PS Belio Kipsang assured all candidates that all is good, to ensure all registered learners sit their exams.
“This is our last KCPE and we will not want any child to be disadvantaged. We have directed all officers to ensure all children sit for their exams,” Kipsang said on Monday morning.
The examinations will mark the end of the 8-4-4 education system in primary schools.
