HOW FAIR IS FAIR?
What is the purpose of national exams? Why does the state emphasize on national exams for students, putting up and maintaining an examination body which is run by tax-payers money (Kenya National Examination Council) the reasons may seem obvious: to see what students have learned, to measure their strength and weaknesses and to quantify entry into the next level of learning; however, this only tells part of the story. Tests have many purposes in our schools. One thing that should be stressed is that in the end, tests should be for the benefit of the student and not the teacher, school, district or county. Unfortunately, this is not always the case in most places Kenya included.
National exams are always held between
Sept and November every year in Kenya. Since commencement of the exams this
year there are reports of exam question circulating on ‘whatsapp.’ To access the questions all you need is a phone handset
that is internet enabled, and some bundles as much as you can afford. The big
question is ‘The marking is standard, how do you set the bar for leaked exams
when it’s obvious some students are disadvantaged?’
Were it in the ancient times, it
would have been easy to comprehend the major culprits of the syndicate, thanks
to Information communication technology (ICT) tressing the culprits is twisted
as the technology itself. The cabinet secretary in the ministry of education
has been asked to resign for failing to address the exams leakage issue. Media
houses in Kenya are following up the story. Below are some of their links
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