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How Teachers Were Involved In Examination Malpractice

Join Our Telegram Group It has been revealed that teachers have been involved in various examination malpractices by interfering with the registration process of candidates at various centres. Some teachers are alleged to register candidates based on their performance in internal examinations and bright students are registered at one school while the rest are registered […]

Education Stakeholders want University Entrance Examinations

Join Our Telegram Group A section of education stakeholders has proposed the introduction of university entrance examinations to ensure that only deserving students get admitted to the institutions. The universities are to carry out the tests on their own to ascertain that they are getting learners who fit the programmes they enrol in. The proposal […]

Government Implements Security Measures to Prevent Examination Malpractices

On Monday the Cabinet Secretary for Education Ezekiel Machogu assured the public that this year’s national examinations will be credible. Machogu was inspecting the distribution of the Kenya Certificate of Primary Education (KCPE) and the Kenya Primary School Education Assessment (KPSEA) examination papers in Mombasa. He revealed that the government has put in place security […]

Maasai Girls Principal Probed Over Exam Malpractice

The Principal of Maasai Girl’s Secondary School Ms Rose Otieno is being probed over allegedly attempting to leak the ongoing Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE). Narok County Commissioner Isaac Masinde said that investigations had been started regarding the allegations that parents had made claiming that she was soliciting Kshs. 3,000 from them to use […]

Nancy Macharia: TSC to Launch Biometric Registration to Eliminate Malpractice

The Teachers Service Commission (TSC) Chief Executive Officer has announced that the Commission is will launch a transparent process of enrolment using biometrics and validation of teachers will also be done to curb irregularities in examinations. The process will involve teachers enlisting their fingerprints, which will then allow forensic and intelligence-led investigations in cases where […]

KCSE Candidate Damages Police Vehicle and Escapes Exams

A police report has revealed an incident that happened at Karigu-ini mixed secondary school. A student refused to be searched before sitting for the CRE papers 1 exam on Thursday 8th of April, 2021. The police officer who was guarding the examination center realized that the student did not have a facemask and after asking […]

Principal Arrested For Sharing KCSE Maths Paper before Time for the Actual Paper

The Principal of ABC Kiseveni Secondary School in Machakos County, Betta Mutuku has been arrested for posting the KCSE Mathematics paper on her WhatsApp status. Police officers alongside Machakos DCIO Rhodah Kanyi entered the institutions hours before the examination began and then took the Principal to the police station for investigations. Ms. Mutuku is alleged […]

Principal Arrested As All Candidates at a Nyamira Private Centre under Investigation over KCSE Chemistry Examination Leakage

All candidates except one are under probe for allegedly accessing Chemistry examination leakage. The private center at the Nyamira Secondary School has eight candidates registered and have been sitting for their Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) examination. The police, The Ministry of Education, and the Kenya Nation Examinations Council officials are seeking to establish […]