Censorship – Telegram

I agree with Mildred and teacher Karis. its a systemic problem that needs
to be addressed,

Best Regards

On Thu, Nov 14, 2024 at 11:42 AM Mildred Achoch via KICTANet <
[email protected]> wrote:

> Kelvin Kariuki’s comment…”A possible solution is making High School
> Exam grading to be similar to University Exam grading where every exam from
> the start counts on your final results which is attained by averaging all
> end of term/sem marks for each unit to attain the final grade. This I
> postulate will reduce the demand for exam leakage.”
>
> …brings up some questions about our education system, especially in
> light of this artificial intelligence era that we are entering. To
> reference a popular saying, is our education system equipping students to
> bring knives to a gun fight? I understand there is already some controversy
> regarding CBC but with the fast pace of technological advancements, it is
> not remiss to review/update the education curriculum regularly.
>
> Regards,
> Mildred Achoch.
>
>
>
> On Thursday, November 14, 2024, Kelvin Kariuki via KICTANet <
> [email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Do we close highways that have accident blackspots? And while that is an
>> option, would it be a sustainable one?
>>
>> Is blocking Telegram year in year out going to solve national exams
>> leakage/cheating? Or is it just a lazy way of trying to look like you are
>> doing something to curb the leakage/cheating while indeed there are many
>> other platforms that work in a similar way that candidates can use to
>> achieve the vice?
>>
>> If we continue to encourage this, the next thing they’ll block is the
>> entire internet as they are aware that blocking platforms is easily
>> bypassed by VPNs which is a well known strategy by the perpetrators of exam
>> leaks.
>>
>> A possible solution is making High School Exam grading to be similar to
>> University Exam grading where every exam from the start counts on your
>> final results which is attained by averaging all end of term/sem marks for
>> each unit to attain the final grade. This I postulate will reduce the
>> demand for exam leakage.
>>
>> On Thu, Nov 14, 2024 at 6:36 AM Liz Orembo via KICTANet <
>> [email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> We all need civic education. And I’m trying to be polite to brothers and
>>> sisters who feel its okay for the government to wake up and schedule a
>>> network disruption because they have failed to curb exam cheating and
>>> because they feel they owe nothing to other citizens who depend on the
>>> network for their businesses and other things.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Best regards.
>>> Liz.
>>>
>>> PGP ID: 0x1F3488BF
>>>
>>>
>>> On Wed, 13 Nov 2024 at 19:52, Victor Kapiyo via KICTANet <
>>> [email protected]> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Meanwhile, Telegram is still blocked on some networks. Someone still
>>>> thinks it’s a brilliant move.
>>>>
>>>> No more exam cheating…
>>>>
>>>> Well Done! 🤦🏿‍♂️
>>>>
>>>> On Wed, 13 Nov 2024, 13:55 Benson Muite via KICTANet, <
>>>> [email protected]> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> On 11/11/2024 2.57 pm, Alloys Siaya via KICTANet wrote:
>>>>> > Agree entirely with Ali.
>>>>> >
>>>>> > Good governance requires transparency, communication, clear
>>>>> explanation.
>>>>> > Otherwise people doubt your intentions and competence, however good.
>>>>> And
>>>>> > that doesn’t augur well for the industry/society.
>>>>> >
>>>>>
>>>>> Probably the exam process needs to be updated. As the new curriculum
>>>>> has a significant continuous assessment component, a significant part
>>>>> of
>>>>> the exams could be automated. Ideally each school (or schools within a
>>>>> ward) would have a computer lab that could be connected to the internet
>>>>> and many tests could be given remotely and marked automatically. This
>>>>> would mean that most tests would not need to be printed, and that the
>>>>> questions could differ by candidate. Of course for some subjects,
>>>>> automated testing is difficult, for example free response essay and
>>>>> comprehension questions, but where multiple choice or other similar
>>>>> formats can be used, this would curb cheating and reduce test costs.
>>>>>
>>>>> > Rgds,
>>>>> > A. Siaya.
>>>>> >
>>>>>