KNEC Caught Flat-Footed as Ksh1.9B Project Stalls
Kenya National Examinations Council (KNEC) house along Dennis Pritt Road in Nairobi.
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Kenya National Examinations Council s (KNEC) challenges have compounded following a Ksh1.9 billion project that stalled for 35 years.
A report by
Nation on Thursday, March 17, indicated that KNEC is staring at Ksh44 million interest in the project that will be shouldered by taxpayers.
The project included the construction of Kenya National Examinations Council s (KNEC) headquarters.
It was launched in 1986 at a value of Ksh248 million but has suffered setbacks through the years and passed through the hands of five contractors.
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LIFESTYLE
Harold’s theme for this past Sunday, “March forth”, was obtained from a joke we shared over a meal of roast pumpkin and avocado, the forbidden fruit, offered to me by Harold as punishment. Gitegi Institute of Flawed Studies found out that the avocado was the mysterious Biblical forbidden fruit.
March forth, I said, was an instruction from the calendar, as last week’s Thursday fell on the fourth of March.
But Harold, who asked me to tell him I was thirsty so he could scream “March forth”, used it to motivate the faithful.
The Kenya Certificate of Primary Education (KCPE) exams start this week, and the few candidates who attend his church needed a rallying call; so Harold had a busy day, sprinkling ‘anointing oil’ on eager faces. By the end of it all, the church reeked of paraffin, which was used in the absence of oil.
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Augustine Oduor |
March 16th 2021 at 00:00:00 GMT +0300
Pupils from Xaverian Primary school in Kisumu undertake English Composition at their school on March 09, 2021, on the first day of the national assessment. [Denish Ochieng, Standard]
Parents have raised concern over some of the items needed by teachers to administer Grade Four school-based tests which enter the second week today.
This even as Kenya National Examination Council (Knec) urged teachers to use readily available material for the assessments.
“We advised teachers to make the assessments as local as possible and based on items that are readily available within the school set up,” said Knec Acting Chief Executive Officer Mercy Karogo.
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Augustine Oduor |
March 10th 2021 at 13:43:30 GMT +0300
Education CS George Magoha addressing students of Chavakali Boys High School, Vihiga. [Mumo Munuve, Standard]
Education Cabinet Secretary George Magoha has said that some candidates are planning to use face masks to cheat in the upcoming national examinations.
Magoha said the ministry had discovered that some candidates were planning to write answers on the masks which are part of the safety measures put in place by the government to prevent the spread of coronavirus.
“We know that some of you are planning to use masks to cheat. Do not make such an attempt because we shall frisk you and if caught, it s up to you,” Magoha said during a meeting at the Alliance Girls High School.