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    "id": 421044,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Melly",
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        "legal_name": "Julius Kipbiwot Melly",
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    "content": "The KNEC has, therefore, developed rules to regulate all these processes including the ranking of candidates and schools. The KNEC policy or ranking of schools says that examination centers that have candidates who are involved in examination irregularities shall not be ranked by the KNEC except in cases where less than five candidates in an examination center were involved in examination irregularities. This means that Maranda had 23 which were not less than five. Further, cases where head teachers reported examination irregularities to the KNEC and where less than ten candidates in such examination centers were involved in the reported examination irregularities, the schools shall be ranked. In view of the above policy, Maranda National School was not ranked because 23 candidates in the school were involved in examination irregularities. In Kenya, examination results are a major determinant of access in the job market and institutions of higher learning. Given the very stiff competition for places, it is imperative that objectivity and fairness be the overriding concerns in the allocation of these places. Any practice, therefore, that threatens fairness and objectivity must be stamped out without hesitation. Cheating in examinations is one such practice and if undetected and unpunished, it can undermine one of the core functions of the examination which is to grade candidates according to their abilities. Cheating in examinations can also quickly erode confidence the public has in examinations if false grades are awarded by the system. Cheating also undermines the values of honesty in candidates if it appears that dishonest candidates are the ones being allocated places on the basis of grades attained through cheating. In the 2012 KCSE examinations, results for 1,700 candidates were cancelled for involvement in examination irregularities. Out of this, 829 candidates were from the North Eastern region that comprises of Garissa, Wajir and Mandera counties. with the above cases in mind it is, therefore, critical for the KNEC to safeguard examination standards by ensuring that any person or school involved in exam irregularities is penalized to ensure that the same does not occur in future. Hon Temporary Deputy Speaker, I hope and believe that the hon. Member, Maranda High School community, Siaya and the whole country will find this Statement The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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