According to a new directive by the ministry of education, all candidates for both KCPE and KCSE examination will be issued with an index number as per the school admission register, and not class performance as was the case in previous years.
The new directive, which was rolled out this year, came after it emerged that the old indexing system saw thousands of students suffer prejudice, even in their later lives, and many others deemed failures.
“We have had cases where candidates who have lower index numbers resign to fate and start to think that they cannot perform better in examinations,” said Karogo.
Knec chairman George Magoha has been nominated by President Uhuru Kenyatta as Education Cabinet Secretary.
Kenya Secondary School Heads Association national chairman Kahi Indimuli said some birth certificates were not compatible with the National Education Management Information System.
He said the problem could be traced to Form One admission documents.
“Maybe the principals used different birth certificates from the ones the children were admitted with to Form One. And some birth certificates used in Class Eight also could differ from those that children were admitted with to primary schools,” Mr Indimuli said.