Parents of KCPE candidate in court to stop Form One placement exercise

In the matter, the parents of a student from Set Green Hill Academy Mixed Day and Boarding and Junior school in Kisii, want the court to stop KNEC from kick starting form one placement exercise slated to begin tomorrow.

In the papers, the parents argue that she (candidate) is dissatisfied with the way her papers were marked saying that the results have caused their child mental stress.

According to the parents, if the placement exercise starts, then the 90 days reviews period will be unreasonable.

"....she does not understand why there is a marked variance between the marks scores by students at the school inthe previous years and marks posted for the year 2023 in the same KCPE examinations as the said does not fall within a reasonable range," reads court papers.

Several parents and students have expressed dissatisfaction in the results released by Education Cabinet Secretary Ezekiel Machogu on November 23. 

They have faulted KNEC for the irregularities. 

The exam body had earlier admitted to irregularities in the process, saying it had received appeals over some errors in results obtained through the short code 40054 that was provided by the Ministry of Education.

“It was brought to the attention of KNEC that results for some candidates had misalignment of the marks and grades in Kiswahili as they were placed at the Kenyan Sign Language,” read the statement from KNEC CEO David Njengere on Saturday.