Thika Education Director assures parents, learners of smooth KCPE, KCSE.
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| Thika West Sub-County Director of Education Mr. Ronald Mbogo (right) receiving some eggs from Thika Town MP Eng. Patrick Wainaina that will be fed to STD candidates during the KCPE period. |
Speaking during a function where Thika Town MP Eng. Patrick
Wainaina had met all public primary school headteachers, PTA members and some
Standard eight candidates to review their exam preparedness, Mbogo said that as
a sub-county, they had made all provisions to ensure safe custody of the
materials for the entire period of the examinations.
“We want to assure everyone that we are doing all we can not
to experience any form of cheating or exam irregularities as a sub-county. There
has been no exam leakage as far as we are concerned. We have employed a
watertight system and we expect each candidate to get what they deserve,” said
Mbogo.
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| Candidates from Mugumoini Primary School receiving their eggs from Thika MP Patrick WaJungle |
He added that they had put in place a multiagency team
consisting of officers from Education and Interior Ministries and the Teachers
Service Commission (TSC) to ensure exams went on uninterrupted.
“The exams have not and shall not be leaked. Every candidate
will see the examinations on the day that the particular papers are scheduled
to be taken.” We are working closely with the ministries of Education, Interior
and TSC to provide high level of integrity before, during and after the
examinations,” he explained.
The sub-county director added that 3,600 KCPE candidates in
63 centres and 2,400 KCSE candidates in 27 centres were expected to sit for
this year’s exams with one candidate registering for KCSE from the Thika Main
Prisons as a private candidate.
(Related story: MP launches “Egg Monday” programme to be rolled out in all public primary schools.)
Class 8 candidates are set to sit their examinations from October 30 to November 1 while those in Form 4 are due for rehearsals on November 2 with examinations scheduled to start on November 5.
Class 8 candidates are set to sit their examinations from October 30 to November 1 while those in Form 4 are due for rehearsals on November 2 with examinations scheduled to start on November 5.
On his part, their host Eng. Wainaina said that his
administration was very willing to do everything possible to improve the
standards of Education in the area.
He said that the idea of providing eggs to the candidates was
to ensure that every one of them was
comfortable for the three days of KCPE.
“We are giving out about 12,000 eggs to be fed to the
candidates during the three days of the exams. This concept has been derived
from the ‘Egg Monday’ Programme which has seen an improvement in school
enrolment, attendance and performance in exams since its inception in second
term,” said the Thika legislator.
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| Thika MP Patrick Wainaina handing over eggs to Gatumaini Primary School candidates. |
He added that they were looking into other ways to improve
on education such as rewarding those teachers and learners who excelled in
exams as well as improving on the infrastructure in all the public schools in within
the constituency.
The headteachers General Kago Primary School and St. Patrick’s
Special School Ms. Jennifer Njuguna and Mr. James Ngugi Macharia respectively
acknowledged that the “Egg Monday Programme” had affected education within
their schools positively, admitting that the same impact was expected with the
egg programme for the STD 8 candidates during the exams.
“Most of these candidates come from very poor backgrounds
and the egg programme guarantees them at least something to keep going during
the exams. The MP has been so supportive and with his stewardship, we expect
very good results this year and the years to come,” said Ms. Njuguna.
Macharia who doubles up as the Kenya Primary Schools
Headteachers Association (KEPSHA) Central Region Chairman noted that his
teachers had experienced the impact of the “Egg Monday Programme” since their schools
were now receiving so many new pupils from both private schools and schools
from the neighbouring counties.
Among those who addressed the teachers included the Thika
Branch Kenya National Union of Teachers (KNUT) Chairman John Kuria and Thika
East KEPSHA Chairman Muchemi Maguru.
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