Ms. Mercy Karogo is the Acting Chief Executive Officer of the Kenya National Examinations Council. She has extensive experience in the education sector where she started as a secondary school teacher before becoming a Lecturer at the Kenya Polytechnic, now known as the Technical University of Kenya.
She has held a number of other senior management positions in a career spanning approximately 30 years.
She was the Senior Deputy Director at Kenya Institute of Curriculum Development (KICD) and Head of Department, Curriculum and Research Services (SDDCRS), has acted as a Chief Executive Officer at the same institution on several occasions.
Ms. Karogo has a Master of Science Degree (Entrepreneurship) from Jomo Kenyatta University (Kenya), a Bachelor of Education Degree in Business Studies and Economics from the University of Nairobi and Diploma in Technical Education (English and Business Studies) from the Kenya Technical Teachers College.