Tuesday, November 12, 2024 – It is a huge reprieve for parents and teachers after Education Cabinet Secretary Julius Migos revealed that Kenya National Examinations Council (KNEC) will no longer cancel entire centers' national exams if malpractice is detected.
Addressing examiners at Lang'ata
Sub-County Headquarters in Nairobi, Migos noted that the examiner will handle
cheating cases on an individual basis to ensure that no collateral damages are
incurred.
Migos explained that security
measures were put in place to curb leakages and that individuals, including
students, carry their crosses when caught.
"Ladies and gentlemen, I am
here to report that we put in place very serious measures to the extent that
this year if there is any malpractice, we are not going to condemn the whole
school, center, or number of people who are there. It is going to be
individualized," the CS stated.
"I say that because, for
example, if you are moving from here (center) to the school and you open those
exam papers and take a photo, we will know that it is you because you picked it
from here. So we will deal with you as individuals."
Migos further noted that in case
a student is caught, the investigators will use the individual's
serialised exam papers to determine the source of the malpractice and
punish the culpable examiners or students.
In cases of collaboration in
malpractice at a specific centre, the CS assured that the government would only
deal with individuals after the conclusion of investigations.
He noted that blanket
punishments affected innocent participants whose hard work was overlooked.
In previous instances, entire
schools saw their exams cancelled after KNEC investigations concluded that some
centers were engaged in exam malpractices.
The Kenyan DAILY POST
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