CS sounds alarm over cheating in varsity exams
What you need to know:
- “We have to take this problem of examination cheating in higher learning institutions seriously. Lecturers must be able to supervise a class that he or she can manage and not a single lecturer supervising a class of 100 students,” he said.
- He also criticised lecturers for not completing the syllabus and only setting exams in areas they have taught.
- Prof Kaimenyi called on lecturers to ensure that students carry out research projects on their own.
Education Cabinet Secretary Jacob Kaimenyi has raised concern over increasing cases of university students engaging in examination cheating.
Prof Kaimenyi called on lecturers to take examination supervision seriously to curb cheating, which he said erodes the importance of the tests.
“We have to take this problem of examination cheating in higher learning institutions seriously. Lecturers must be able to supervise a class that he or she can manage and not a single lecturer supervising a class of 100 students,” he said.
He was speaking yesterday at the Kenya Institute of Curriculum Development when he met university lecturers and administrators to discuss issues affecting the higher education sector.
COMPLETION OF SYLLABUS
He also criticised lecturers for not completing the syllabus and only setting exams in areas they have taught.
The Cabinet secretary said lecturers who engage in moonlighting should be reined in, saying it was compromising the quality of university education.
“Lecturers have no time for students as they are moving from one university to another in order to make money,” lamented Prof Kaimenyi.
However, he admitted that the biggest problem public universities face is lack of teaching staff, which had been constrained by lack of funds.
Prof Kaimenyi called on lecturers to ensure that students carry out research projects on their own.
“We must address the problem of supervision in universities that is contributing to students doing their postgraduate studies for more years than expected,” said the Cabinet secretary.
