KCSE 2024 Marking and Results Release

KCSE 2024 Results: Marking of the 2024 Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education, KCSE, has begun and is expected to be completed by 18th December, 2024. The Exams were done between October 22 and November 22 with over 900,000 students sitting the exams. Education Cabinet Secretary Julius Migosi Ogamba has announced that the 2024 KCSE results will be released in January, 2025.

The KCSE exams began on October 22, where the candidates took their oral and practical exams for the elective subjects. The last day of the national exams was on November 22, when the candidates sat the Physics practical.

Marking of the KCSE 2024 Exams.

Marking of the KCSE 2024 exams will be done in several marking centres in Nairobi and neighbouruing towns like Limuru, Thika and Machakos among others. The Kenya National Examinations Council, Knec, has spelt out tough marking conditions and expelling some other examiners over undisclosed reasons. Here is a full guide to the 2024 marking centres including Directions to the Knec KCSE Marking Centres.

First to report were Chief Examiners in various papers, followed by Assistant Chief Examiners and Team Leaders. Mathematics Paper One Examiners reported first followed by those in English and those in other subjects.

Exam malpractice cases reported in 2024 KCSE

A total of 621 examination malpractices were recorded at the conclusion of the 2024 Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) examination.

Education Cabinet Secretary Julius Ogamba made the announcement after the exams saying that the cases currently under investigation were reported across 198 examination centres out of the 10,754 centres countrywide.

CS Ogamba revealed that the cases included candidates or supervisors being caught with unauthorised materials, such as mobile phones and written materials, collisions, and impersonation.

“During the administration of the 2024 KCSE examination, 621 candidates out of 965,501, representing 0.064%, were reported to have been found engaging in examination malpractices, mainly being found with unauthorized written materials, mobile phones, collusion, sharing images of their question papers on social media, and impersonation,” he said.

“These cases were reported from 198 out of the 10,754 examination centres, representing 1.841% of the examination centres. All above cases are under active investigation, and stern action will be taken on individuals found culpable of exam malpractice.” He added.

While commending all the examination stakeholders for ensuring a seamless process, the CS noted that 28 candidates undertook examinations in hospitals and even incidences of deaths were also reported.

How KCSE 2024 Results are standardized.

Before releasing the KCSE 2024 results, Knec will standardize the raw candidates’ marks. Here are full details and the process of Standardization of KCSE exam results.

How to receive KCSE 2024 Results

Results can be accessed via short messages services (SMS) immediately after the release using a code to be provided by KNEC. This is the full guide on How To Receive KCSE 2024 Results Via KNEC SMS Code. More details also found here: How To Check KCSE Results Online And Via SMS 2024.

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