It’s no longer a secret that many freelance writers in Kenya, who are graduates who could not secure formal jobs, have been reaping big in academic writing.
Writing essays and other scholarly assignments is among the few lucrative online ventures that actually work in Kenya. The list includes article writing and transcription. The market has been swept off its feet from a whip dropped by PayPal
PayPal announced that it would withdraw its services from essay writing firms in an effort to curb academic cheating. The move comes after UK Education Secretary -Damian Hinds called on PayPal and similar firms to cease offering their services to sites that aid lazy students in cheating- with Kenya recognized as a leader in the essay-writing market.
“PayPal is working with businesses associated with essay-writing services to ensure our platform is not used to facilitate deceptive and fraudulent practices in education,” revealed a spokesperson for the payment firm-PayPal while speaking to the BBC.
Image of a smartphone displaying the PayPal logoThe US-owned payment processing platform has been one of the most popular among the essay writing community, especially in Kenya.
PayPal through their spokesperson went on to disclose that starting next week Wednesday, they would begin contacting essay-writing firms to formally notify them of their decision to stop any future services
Once their decision is enacted, thousands of Kenyans graduates who are not formally employed, and have been heavily dependent on essay writing, are set to experience the full blow of the new directive.
Even though the Kenyan Higher education education system does not
“For Ksh30,000 to Ksh50,000, depending on the course, one can get a research project done in two weeks to a month,” stated an excerpt from the publication
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A motion is set to be tabled in the UK parliament to ban all forms of advertising for any assistance in academic work.