Have you noticed that the current policy being used to curb exam cheating has started bearing fruits? As a way of curbing this cheating, various systems employed by the government are working well according to Education Cabinet Secretary Amina Mohamed.
The CS said the systems will enhance integrity of the national exams adding that the strict surveillance measures will be implemented to the end.
She spoke on Tuesday in Uasin Gishu county where she oversaw the start of Day 7 of KCSE exams.
Amina said she was happy with Kenyans who had taken up the call to ‘adopt’ schools within their areas and ensure the tests went on smoothly without cheating incidents.
“Many of the cheating cases we have dealt with have been brought to us by Kenyans who don’t want to be part of the whole vice during national examinations,” the CS said.
Amina said she was happy with the collaborative teamwork between education officials and other government teams terming it a success.
“Am very proud of the teamwork that we have seen in these exams especially from the government teams we have worked with. They have been amazing,” Amina said.
On Monday, four KCSE candidates were deregistered by the examination council and discontinued from sitting the exams on charges of cheating.
Amina said the candidates were caught with “foreign material and documentation” in examination rooms ahead of Mathematics Paper 2.
The cases were reported in Garissa and Nairobi counties.
She however confirmed that the deregistered candidates will be allowed to sit for their exams after two years.
Education CS Amina Mohamed says KCSE candidates deregistered over various malpractices will be allowed to sit the exam after two years.
— Moruri (@O_NyangaiM) November 13, 2018
Last week, Amina confirmed the arrest of 21 people over exam malpractices in separate cases across the country.
She also defended the heavy deployment of police officers in schools during the examination period saying it was not meant to intimidate candidates but to ensure safety and integrity of the exams.
Education CS Amina Mohamed has defended the heavy deployment of police officers in schools during the examination period saying it was not meant to intimidate candidates but to ensure safety and integrity of the exams. #NTVAtOne @SmritiVidyarthi pic.twitter.com/FytEPOYMA4
— NTV Kenya (@ntvkenya) November 13, 2018
Do you think the anti-cheating systems have bore any fruits?