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<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman, new york, times, serif">----- Original Message ----<BR>From: John Walubengo <jwalu@yahoo.com><BR>To: mleonardo@yahoo.com<BR>Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke><BR>Sent: Wednesday, April 9, 2008 10:11:36 AM<BR>Subject: [kictanet] KCSE results fiasco explained?<BR><BR>>>>Daily Nation, 9th April.<BR>A programming error is to blame for last year˘s KCSE<BR>results fiasco in which the error led to the adjustment of<BR>mean grades for some students. <BR><BR>Education Minister Sam Ongeri said when he released a<BR>report on last year˘s Form Four examinations fiasco<BR>yesterday. The report blamed outdated computer programming<BR>language for the error which led to the adjustment of mean<BR>grades for nearly 40,000 candidates. It arose from the use<BR>of an outdated version of a programming language at Kenya<BR>National Examinations
Council.<BR>>>>rest of story @<BR><A href="http://www.nationmedia.com/dailynation/nmgcontententry.asp?category_id=1&newsid=120791" target=_blank>http://www.nationmedia.com/dailynation/nmgcontententry.asp?category_id=1&newsid=120791</A><BR><BR>I found it quite difficult to understand how an 'outdated'<BR>programming language that has been working well over the<BR>years suddenly begins to lose memory (its mind?) due to the<BR>'ageing' process...ama are we experiencing Y2K bug ver 2<BR>remixed here?<BR><BR>...and now that the report is public, could Barnabas (ICT<BR>Mnger, Education) shed some more technical light on what<BR>could have transpired? Or maybe Prof. Kashorda who sat on<BR>the Investigation committee? Because technically I still<BR>dont get it...<BR><BR>walu.<BR><BR><BR><BR><BR> ____________________________________________________________________________________<BR>You rock. That's why Blockbuster's offering
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