Kelvin Kariuki's comment..."A possible solution is making High School Exam grading to be similar to University Exam grading where every exam from the start counts on your final results which is attained by averaging all end of term/sem marks for each unit to attain the final grade. This I postulate will reduce the demand for exam leakage."

...brings up some questions about our education system, especially in light of this artificial intelligence era that we are entering. To reference a popular saying, is our education system equipping students to bring knives to a gun fight? I understand there is already some controversy regarding CBC but with the fast pace of technological advancements, it is not remiss to review/update the education curriculum regularly.

Regards,
Mildred Achoch.



On Thursday, November 14, 2024, Kelvin Kariuki via KICTANet <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
Do we close highways that have accident blackspots? And while that is an option, would it be a sustainable one? 

Is blocking Telegram year in year out going to solve national exams leakage/cheating? Or is it just a lazy way of trying to look like you are doing something to curb the leakage/cheating while indeed there are many other platforms that work in a similar way that candidates can use to achieve the vice? 

If we continue to encourage this, the next thing they'll block is the entire internet as they are aware that blocking platforms is easily bypassed by VPNs which is a well known strategy by the perpetrators of exam leaks. 

A possible solution is making High School Exam grading to be similar to University Exam grading where every exam from the start counts on your final results which is attained by averaging all end of term/sem marks for each unit to attain the final grade. This I postulate will reduce the demand for exam leakage. 

On Thu, Nov 14, 2024 at 6:36 AM Liz Orembo via KICTANet <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:

We all need civic education. And I’m trying to be polite to brothers and sisters who feel its okay for the government to wake up and schedule a network disruption because they have failed to curb exam cheating and because they feel they owe nothing to other citizens who depend on the network for their businesses and other things.




Best regards.
Liz.

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On Wed, 13 Nov 2024 at 19:52, Victor Kapiyo via KICTANet <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:

Meanwhile, Telegram is still blocked on some networks. Someone still thinks it's a brilliant move. 

No more exam cheating... 

Well Done! 🤦🏿‍♂️


On Wed, 13 Nov 2024, 13:55 Benson Muite via KICTANet, <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
On 11/11/2024 2.57 pm, Alloys Siaya via KICTANet wrote:
> Agree entirely with Ali.
>
> Good governance requires transparency, communication, clear explanation.
> Otherwise people doubt your intentions and competence, however good. And
> that doesn't augur well for the industry/society.
>

Probably the exam process needs to be updated.  As the new curriculum
has a significant continuous assessment component, a significant part of
the exams could be automated.  Ideally each school (or schools within a
ward) would have a computer lab that could be connected to the internet
and many tests could be given remotely and marked automatically.  This
would mean that most tests would not need to be printed, and that the
questions could differ by candidate.  Of course for some subjects,
automated testing is difficult, for example free response essay and
comprehension questions, but where multiple choice or other similar
formats can be used, this would curb cheating and reduce test costs.

> Rgds,
> A. Siaya.
>
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