The Ministry of Education has announced when the results for the 2024 Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) examinations shall be released.
In an update on January 9, the Ministry announced that Education Cabinet Secretary Julius Ogamba will release the results on Thursday, January 9, 2025, at Mitihani House in Nairobi from 10am.
“Education Cabinet Secretary Julius Migos Ogamba will today, 9th January 2025 release the KCSE 2024 Examination results at Mitihani House, South C, Nairobi at 10am,” the update reads.
The KCSE 2024 exams officially ended on November 22, 2024, which saw the commencement of marking by examiners.
965,501 candidates had been registered to sit for the national examinations, according to the Kenya National Examinations Council (KNEC).
CS Ogamba while speaking on Wednesday, December 11, had announced that the results will be released in January 2025.
However, the CS did not give the exact date that the results will be announced in January.
“We should be able to get the results in January, right now we are ongoing on the marking; it is in process and once they are ready, we will release them. I won’t be able to give a particular date because we are in the process of doing marking, so you’ll get the results,” said Ogamba.
The Ministry of Education had confirmed that marking would be concluded by the end of December.
In a post on X (formerly Twitter), KNEC refuted online reports stating that there was a new grading system for the exams.
The council denied reports suggesting that the grading system for this year’s exams had been changed.
KNEC clarifies KCSE marking
Earlier, KNEC refuted reports that changes were being made to the national exams to benefit certain students who had paid for the service.
KNEC Chief Executive Officer David Njengere clarified that the documents circulating online, which supposedly invited students to alter their marks, were fraudulent.
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According to the council, the marking of exams is a confidential process, and it does not disclose the identities of examiners involved.
The council also rejected claims that some rejected examiners came from schools suspected of being involved in exam malpractices.
“Marking of exams is a confidential process, and KNEC may not disclose the identities of the examiners. KNEC undertakes due diligence in inviting examiners to ensure reliability and credibility of the process,” Njengere said.
Directive to candidates
Following the commencement of the exams back in October, State Department for Citizen Services Principal Secretary Julius Bitok directed that all 2024 KCSE candidates be issued with the new generation National Identity (ID) cards dubbed Maisha Cards before the examinations ended.
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Appearing before the National Assembly’s Education, Research and Technology committee, PS Bitok highlighted that the issuance of ID cards to those who will have attained 18 years and above was intended to ease access to university education and other tertiary institutions.
The PS while issuing the directive said that besides easing access for tertiary education, it will ease access to Higher Education Loans Board (HELB) and scholarships.
In addition, he highlighted that the joint exercise, led by the Ministries of Interior and Education, will ensure students who join universities and colleges are not disadvantaged by missing identification documents.
“We have mobilized our registration officers across the country to issue Maisha Cards to eligible candidates to enable those who qualify to join local or international universities, apply for Higher Education Loans Board, scholarships and other post-high school pursuits,” said Bitok.
The government has been accelerating the issuance of the new-generation National Identity Cards after the High Court earlier this year lifted previous orders that had halted the Ministry of Interior from processing new ID card applications, since December 5th, 2023.
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