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The government has said it will ensure that the credibility and authenticity of qualifications and certificates that come from education and training institutions remain of high quality.

Education Cabinet Secretary Ezekiel Machogu said the government has developed a system for articulation, classification, registration, accreditation and quality assurance of national qualifications.

Machogu directed the Kenya National Qualifications Authority (KNQA) to ensure the National Qualifications Framework is fully implemented.

“This will enhance the quality, relevance and authenticity of qualifications, not just locally but globally. This will also promote portability of our qualifications and mobility of labour,” said Machogu while releasing the 2022 Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) examinations in Nairobi.

The CS said that all candidates who sat the 2022 KCSE have ready avenues to progress to other levels of education as the government seeks to leave no learner behind in career development.

“All these candidates have a destiny and the government is determined to clear the path for them to reach that destiny,” explained the CS

Of the total number of candidates that sat the 2022 KCSE Examination, 443,644 were male while 437,772 were female, representing 50.33 percent and 49.67 percent of the total candidature respectively.

Kenya National Qualifications Framework (KNQF) Act no.22 of 2014 mandates KNQA to coordinate and supervise the development of policies on national qualifications and provide for the recognition of attainment or competencies including skills, knowledge, attitudes and values.

The Act further mandates KNQA to develop a system of competence, life-long learning and attainment of national qualifications as well as facilitate linkages, credit transfers, exemptions, vertical and horizontal mobility at all levels to enable entry, re-entry and exit coordinate and promote the recognition of national qualifications internationally.

Already, the government has announced developed a policy on recognition of prior learning (RPL) which provides a framework for recognition of skills through the award of certificates, based on competence to better enable them to participate in various economic opportunities.

This aims to provide every Kenyan, with an opportunity to participate in economic development and address the inequity in tendering for contracts by jua kali artisans and craftsmen, due to their lack of certification and to secure opportunities for them.