[kictanet] KCSE results fiasco explained?

[Leonard Mware]

'Outdated' as in fashion or not just not able to crunch figures due to 'uzee"?
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From: John Walubengo <jwalu at yahoo.com>
To: mleonardo at yahoo.com
Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet at 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 The report blamed outdated computer programming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of an outdated version of a programming language at Kenya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=120791

I found it quite difficult to understand how an 'outdated'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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