The Kenya National Examination Council (KNEC) has warned the public against the rise of fraudsters claiming to be capable of manipulating the Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) results.
In a statement issued on January 15, KNEC emphasized that the integrity of examination results is of importance adding that stringent measures are employed to safeguard against any tampering.
“Don’t fall preys to fraudsters purporting to be able to change KCSE grades. Don’t be coned,” said KNEC.
This clarification comes in response to reports of individuals claiming to be able to alter KCSE results for a fee.
KNEC further stated that such fraudsters compromise the credibility of the examination system while also misleading and exploiting unsuspecting individuals.
Manipulated KCSE Results Screenshots
KNEC’s post was accompanied by screenshots of sample results shared by the fraudsters to their victims.
An analysis of the images revealed that they had a fake URL of the KNEC website which is designed to deceive individuals seeking genuine information regarding examinations results and other crucial updates.
In one of the screenshots, a student by the name Victor Githinji of Khagaki Boys Highschool scored a D+ but was upgraded to a C+ as claimed by the fraudsters.
Furthermore, the screenshots that have since been marked as fake by KNEC had the contact information of the fraudsters attached for any person seeking to have their results changed.
Another fake report was about a boy who was reported to have died before KCSE exams began sitting for a biology paper and scoring a D-.
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KNEC Clarifies Dead Student Scoring D-
In a separated case, the examination body clarified a case where a student was reported to have scored a D- grade in biology in KCSE despite having passed on.
According to reports making rounds online, the student passed away before the KCSE exams in 2023.
These reports noted that the examination council released his results with the grades of all other subjects missing except in Biology where he had a D-.
However, on January 12, KNEC refuted the reports and reshared the post with a red ‘Fake’ stamp on the results noting that it was fake news.
Nonetheless, these incidences have added to the list of questionable results that had been shared online since the official release of the national exams.
Some of these includes posts of lists ranking best performing schools and individual results of schools.
“This is to remind the public that KNEC does not rank schools or candidates in national examinations,” one of the flagged posts indicated.
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2023 KCSE
A total of 899,453 candidates sat for the 2023 KCSE, out of which 1,216 candidates scored grade A (plain) while 7,254 attained grade A- (minus).
Another 18,078 candidates managed to score B+ (plus) while 36,728 got B (plain) and some 59, 514 scored B- (minus).
78,343 students scored a C+ (plus), 92,612 got C (plain), 107,471 had C- (minus) while 125,006 attained D+ (plus).
Additionally, 155,276 candidates also managed D (plain), another 165,861 scored D- (minus) and some 48,174 students scored E.
During the announcement of the KCSE results, Education Cabinet Secretary Ezekiel Machogu unveiled a website where parents and students could access their results phasing out the SMS mode of obtaining national examination results.
