Senate Education Committee Criticizes Govt’s Decision to Scrap Mock Exams
The Ministry of Education should reconsider scrapping mock examinations for candidates in form 4, according to Senate Education Committee Chairman Joe Nyutu.
According to the lawmaker, the Ministry’s action, which cites incidents of school unrest, should not be sustained.
In order to prepare students for their final exams, the senator said that mock exams were essential.
“As a professional teacher, I can say it is not a good thing that we banned them because students used to riot because they didn’t want to do MOCKs. And you know MOCKs are very important. When we ban them because students are going to riot, what are we telling them? They will definitely have to sit for the final exam,” he noted.
Mock examinations were recently banned by the Ministry of Education, which cited an increase in school unrest as justification.
At the beginning of this month, the Principal Secretary of Basic Education, Belio Kipsang, ordered all institutions to cease conducting any after-school examinations.
Edwin Mugo, a member of parliament for Mathioya, urged collaboration among all education stakeholders in the struggle against drug abuse in educational institutions, describing the problem as a major threat to future generations.
Nyutu and Mugo spoke at the Education Day for the Mathioya constituency.
Senate Education Committee Criticizes Govt’s Decision to Scrap Mock Exams