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No SMS option for accessing 2023 KCSE results

Education PS Belio Kipsang, Education Cabinet Secretary Ezekiel Machogu and other education stakeholders during the release of the 2023 KCSE exams on January 8, 2024 at Moi Girls High School, Eldoret. (Education Ministry)

By Abdimalik Hajir | Monday, January 8, 2024

The SMS code for the 2023 KCPE results failed to work resulting in uproar from learners and parents.

Candidates who sat for the 2023 Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) exam will receive their results only through the education offices and the Kenya National Examinations Council (KNEC) website after the ministry scrapped the SMS option.

Education Cabinet Secretary Ezekiel Machogu while releasing the results on Monday at the Moi Girls High School in Eldoret, said a candidate can access the individual 2023 KCSE results online through a link on the KNEC website or directly through the URL: http://results.knec.ac.ke.

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“You will be required to enter your candidate’s index number and the name(s) as per the registration data for the 2023 KCSE exam,” he said.

Official result slips, on the other hand, can be obtained through the respective examination centres where candidates sat for their exams.

He added that the results would be available shortly after he finished announcing the results.

Last year, the ministry had a hard time explaining the delay of the Kenya Certificate of Primary Education (KCPE) exam results after the students failed to get them via the SMS option which was the popular option.

The SMS code for the 2023 KCPE results failed to work resulting in uproar from learners and parents.

Each year after the announcement of the KCPE and KCSE results, parents usually access their children's results through the SMS option or the KNEC website.

But last year, several parents reported their frustrations after sending the index number but results failed to come.

Following this, the CS said this time round they did not engage the service provider for the SMS option.

On Monday, the CS further said the results for 4,113 students who sat the 2023 KCSE have been withheld over alleged irregularities.

Four other students had their results cancelled for impersonation.

The KCSE exam began on October 23, 2023, and ended on November 24, 2023, with 903,260 candidates sitting for the papers.