Colleagues,
I would be excited to get someone who can explain how the so-called computer error just happened this year and how a body (KNEC) entrusted with the noble task of setting, administering, marking and grading marks for our children could not detect the problem upfront. Is computer becoming the latter day punching bag for grave human mistakes? And does the computer generate its own data or fit's ed by human beings?
If there is nay error here, blame my computer?
Aduda
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From: kictanet-bounces+daduda=nation.co.ke@lists.kictanet.or.ke on behalf of Leonard Mware
Sent: Wednesday, April 9, 2008 1:29 PM
To: David AdudaCc: KICTAnet ICT Policy DiscussionsSubject: Re: [kictanet] KCSE results fiasco explained?'Outdated' as in fashion or not just not able to crunch figures due to 'uzee"?
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From: John Walubengo <jwalu@yahoo.com>
To: mleonardo@yahoo.com
Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke>
Sent: Wednesday, April 9, 2008 10:11:36 AM
Subject: [kictanet] KCSE results fiasco explained?>>>Daily Nation, 9th April.
A programming error is to blame for last year?s KCSE
results fiasco in which the error led to the adjustment of
mean grades for some students.Education Minister Sam Ongeri said when he released a
report on last year?s Form Four examinations fiasco
yesterday. The report blamed outdated computer programming
language for the error which led to the adjustment of mean
grades for nearly 40,000 candidates. It arose from the use
of an outdated version of a programming language at Kenya
National Examinations Council.
>>>rest of story @
http://www.nationmedia.com/dailynation/nmgcontententry.asp?category_id=1&newsid=120791I found it quite difficult to understand how an 'outdated'
programming language that has been working well over the
years suddenly begins to lose memory (its mind?) due to the
'ageing' process...ama are we experiencing Y2K bug ver 2
remixed here?...and now that the report is public, could Barnabas (ICT
Mnger, Education) shed some more technical light on what
could have transpired? Or maybe Prof. Kashorda who sat on
the Investigation committee? Because technically I still
dont get it...walu.
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