The Kenya National Examinations Council (KNEC) on Wednesday announced that it had canceled the results of 1,205 candidates who sat the 2017 Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) examinations due to cheating.
KNEC Chairman Prof George Magoha stated that there were irregularities at 9 examination centres where students colluded with teachers to cheat.
He, however, stated that all was not lost as the affected students would be given the opportunity to register before February 28 and sit for the exams this year.
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"We are not here to punish students, we are here to give them justice. We will not reveal the identities of the affected schools.
"The affected students can register at the schools of their choice, private or public.
"Kenya's law is very flexible and the government will pay their registration fees," stated Magoha.
A tenth school whose results were also withheld was, however, cleared of suspicion and all students got their results.
The KNEC Chairman declined to reveal how suspect teachers and invigilators will be dealt with saying by doing so he will be usurping the powers of the Teachers Service Commission.
On Tuesday, Education Cabinet Secretary Dr Fred Matiang'i and Magoha were sued by a 2017 KCSE candidate who was awarded grade D+.
The former student at Mvindeni Secondary School in Kwale County filed a petition at the Mombasa High Court asking KNEC to avail his marked scripts from the previous examinations.
“The petitioner is a very bright student and after repeating the 2016 examination he has more than doubled his efforts and was expecting not less than a B+ in his 2017 examination results,” noted Ms Lucy Momanyi, the lawyer representing the student.
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