[kictanet] KCSE

[Alex Gakuru]

...yaikes!!!

--- alice wanjira <wanjiraalice at gmail.com> wrote:

> I don't know what the fuss is about the errors in
> KCSE...in fact getting an
> education. Why not just pass a law that prohibits
> anybody from learning
> anything? If it works then we shall have the
> smartest people in the world.
> 
> On 10/04/2008, Dorcas Muthoni <dmuthoni at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > Well,
> >
> > Whatever might have gone wrong should to be
> corrected:
> >
> >    1. Students must receive the correct marks, the
> KCSE results are
> >    really key to anyones career and it's is very
> important that candidates feel
> >    they are holding the result which they indeed
> achieved.
> >    2. To ensure that whatever error in data mining
> or otherwise is
> >    corrected, this can only be guaranteed through
> a code audit. That
> >    application can be vetted and there really
> software houses that can do this.
> >    I hope Bwana PS will assist in ensuring ICT is
> seen as a positive
> >    contributor. This is now turning out to be a
> software issue and its
> >    important that we take note of the questions
> that may arise with regard to
> >    locally produced software.
> >
> > Muthoni
> >
> > On Thu, Apr 10, 2008 at 4:34 PM,
> <bitange at jambo.co.ke> wrote:
> >
> > > Dear All,
> > > My earlier e-mail to Aduda has elisted direct
> questions as to how the
> > > programing error could have occured.  Usually
> errors such as the one
> > > explained by the Minister occur during Data
> Mining.
> > >
> > > Researchers generally define data mining
> (sometimes called data or
> > > knowledge discovery) as the process of analyzing
> data from different
> > > perspectives and summarizing it into useful
> information - information
> > > that
> > > can be used to increase revenue, cuts costs, or
> both. Data mining
> > > software
> > > is one of a number of analytical tools for
> analyzing data. It allows
> > > users
> > > to analyze data from many different dimensions
> or angles, categorize it,
> > > and summarize the relationships identified.
> Technically, data mining is
> > > the process of finding correlations or patterns
> among dozens of fields
> > > in
> > > large relational databases like KCSE.
> > >
> > > Data does not automatically become information
> unless it is mined
> > > properly.
> > >
> > >
> > > Ndemo
> > >
> > >
> > >
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