The
Kenya National Examination Council (Knec) will release the results at a
press conference presided over by Education Cabinet Secretary Fred
Matiang’i at Mitihani House, Nairobi.
There were 48,304 more candidates compared to last year’s 889,163.
Knec Chief Executive Officer Joseph Kivilu said Monday the results would be announced in the format introduced last year.
“Just
like last year, we will not be ranking candidates or schools but we
will provide more information on the results,” he said, and warned that
results of candidates found to have cheated would be withheld.
“Candidates
with withheld or pending results will receive a letter through their
headteachers explaining why,” he said, adding that anyone could access
the results through a mobile phone by sending a candidate’s index number
to 22252.
Dr Kivilu asked teachers to report any
discrepancies in the results and submit appeals for remarking within a
month from Wednesday.
Nairobi County had the highest number of candidates at 50,821 while Lamu had the lowest at 2,579.
The
candidates sat the examination after a five-week strike by teachers
demanding a pay increase, prompting calls for a postponement, which the
Government rejected.
Candidates will be subjected to a
new form one admission criteria adopted this year in which the top five
top from each sub-county — whether in public or private schools — will
get automatic admission to national schools up from three while extra
county schools will take 70 per cent of students from public schools and
30 per cent from private.
On Monday, Kuppet Chairman Omboko Milemba warned the TSC against punishing teachers for any examination leakages.
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