Education Cabinet Secretary Prof George Magoha has caught two candidates for the Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education from Nairobi with cellphones while warning teachers against leakages.
Speaking during the inauguration of the KCSE exam at Nyali, Mombasa, the CS assured the parents and other stakeholders that the exam would be reliable.
“We will be soft on two students caught with cell phones and allow them to take the exam. But I want to warn that any teacher who feels they are brave enough to open another paper that we will come for you like we did in Wajir,” said CS.
Prof Magoha said that the delivery of reliable examinations using multi agency team in collaboration with the National Government and the Ministry of Interior and Coordination of ICT has been successful since 2016, terming it a legacy.
On Monday, he oversaw the commencement of the Kenya Certificate of Secondary Examination (KCSE) examination in Mombasa County.
Overseeing the opening of the exam container at the Nyali Deputy County Commissioner’s office in Mombasa, the CS said that his ministry is keen to prevent any examination malpractice, adding that the authorities are on alert as they have selected teachers saying That the government will be firm in taking disciplinary action. who were found abetting to cheat.
“A teacher stealing an exam cannot be intelligent. We will have no mercy on those we arrest this time. This time, because of our children, we will be semi dictatorial,” said CS, “The guilty are teachers, some of whom are businessmen and crooks and we destroyed their cartel in primary schools but they have created another. This morning in Nairobi we have two students who have cell phones but we will be gentle and let them sit for the exam.”
Prof Magoha said that it is the prerogative of the government to give credible examination, and such efforts which enable it will be implemented.
“This is my last test, I want to [tell] Kenyans that we have developed container systems that have given reliable results. Our qualifications are respected around the world. The incoming administration should be aware that any condition is permanent. No, but our children are in school and so the existing plans should not be changed because they do not like the person who started it,” he said.
On CBC classroom buildings, CS said the project was 83 percent complete across the country.
Five counties have a 100 percent completion rating and another 19 exceed 90 percent.
“For the counties that haven’t reached 100 percent, we will allow a coordinated approach to where they will complete and go. Over the next two weeks we will be delivering 6,447 classrooms. We have completed close to 4,000 and 2,500 of them. handed over to him,” he said.
