[kictanet] KNEC giving candidates, parents a raw deal

[Gichuki John Chuksjonia]

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On 12/29/09, mureithi <mureithi at summitstrategies.co.ke> wrote:
> Thanks barrack
> For the candidate and their family they interacted with the ict system and
> the interface was the sms and the web. We should not hide behind huge
> traffic because the phenomena and the time is known and the implications.
> Another terrible failure is that i and many thousands kenyans  paid upfront
> to the ict system for a service that was not delivered
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> Subject:	Re: [kictanet] KNEC giving candidates, parents a raw deal
> Author:	Barrack Otieno <otieno.barrack at gmail.com>
> Date:		29th December 2009 12:51
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> MM,
>
> I guess it's a bit premature to blame the System, the problem stems from how
> the whole announcement was managed, it was improper for the Ministers
> handlers to say the results would be available on the site immediately after
> the speech, with the anxiety that had been going on i'm sure even the best
> servers might not have handled the hits, no wonder the systems were unable
> to cope, however this serves as a lesson to KNEC, i am sure they will do
> better in 2010.
>
> Happy New Year !
>
> On 12/29/09, mureithi <mureithi at summitstrategies.co.ke> wrote:
>>
>> Zachary
>> This was the great opportunity for the ict system to prove its value to
>> our
>> society. It failed miserably to just serve less than 1 percent of the
>> population and had to walk to schools. Zain however stood tall and 2228
>> worked.
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>> Subject:        [kictanet] KNEC giving candidates, parents a raw deal
>> Author: Zachary Ochieng <zzachmbir at yahoo.com>
>> Date:           29th December 2009 09:59
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>>
>> Despite the digitisation of  exam results by the Kenya National
>> Examinations Council (KNEC) and the Ministry of Education, the platform
>> doesn't seem to be working. My daughter is one of the candidates who sat
>> KCPE in November 2009. But more than two hours after the release of the
>> results by Education minister Sam Ongeri, the KNEC website from where the
>> candidates are supposed to check their results remains down. Worse still,
>> the 2228 no. to which candidates should text their index numbers to get
>> results is also not working but continues to consume airtime to the tune
>> of
>> Ksh 20 per SMS. If this is not a rip off, then I don't know the
>> definition,
>> coming as it does at a time when the ministry is reeling from a theft
>> scandal.
>>
>> One wonders what else the ministry could be hiding. While announcing the
>> top candidates, Ongeri never mentioned the names of their schools. But it
>> is
>> anyone's guess that majority of them are from private schools. Rather than
>> bash the media as he did during the release of the results, Ongeri should
>> tell us what is bedevilling FPE.
>>
>> Can someone please help? MY daughter has refused to take lunch until she
>> gets her results.
>>
>>
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