KCSE exam leakage was countrywide conspiracy - report
What you need to know:
- Teachers were the major culprits in the KCSE exam cheating.
- Teachers used mobile phones to send stolen KCSE examination papers to their students.
Three teachers at two private schools in Mombasa used their mobile phones to send stolen Kenya Certificate of Secondary School examination papers to their students.
The alleged actions of the principal of a boys’ secondary school, his deputy, and the head of a girls’ secondary school, were the highlights of how mobile technology was used in cheating in last year’s exams.
An investigation report by the Kenya National Examinations Council (KNEC) reveals how teachers, police officers tasked with guarding exam strong-rooms, university students and business people conspired to leak the test papers to an unprecedented level in the country.
Six DCI officers, coordinated by a suspended KNEC official, revealed in their investigation report that the conspiracy was countrywide, with teachers as the major culprits.
The report accused the principal of the boys’ school of receiving and sending exam materials using his mobile phone, which he later disposed of to conceal evidence.
The other two school heads faced similar charges but could not be prosecuted as they had also thrown away their mobile phones.
However, other suspects have been taken to court to answer to charges of handling stolen exam materials.
