This archive report was first published on 7 November 2019.
On November 6, 2019, a crackdown on exam malpractice in Kenya's KCSE 2019 examinations led to the arrest of 26 people, including candidates, at St Teresa's Primary School in Eastleigh, Nairobi.
Education officials, accompanied by police, seized 35 mobile phones that were being used by Form Four candidates to cheat in the national examinations.
According to Education Cabinet Secretary Prof George Magoha, the candidates were being fed answers by people believed to be teachers, and were using photocopied examination materials to answer questions.
"The candidates were busted by our officers who visited the institution," said Prof Magoha, warning that the government will not spare examination cartels this time round.
Prof Magoha explained that despite tough rules, some candidates with the aid of some teachers and parents are determined to cheat, and warned that the consequences for such actions will be dire.
"Most of those answers that are provided by teachers appear to be wrong. We must re-evaluate our morals as a society to end this practice of cheating in national examinations," said Prof Magoha.
On the same day, police in Kisii arrested 11 people for alleged impersonation in the ongoing KCSE examinations.
