The Kenya National Examinations Council (KNEC) will recall certificates of parents and teachers found aiding in examination cheating, Education Principal Secretary Belio Kipsang announced.
Speaking on Monday at the Kenya School of Government, Kipsang further stated only exam centre managers will be allowed to have mobile phones inside examination rooms.
At the same event, Education Cabinet Secretary Amina Mohamed warned those found culpable of attempts to cheat, collude or to compromise the examination process will be apprehended on the spot, de-registered, charged and prosecuted.
She also noted that 30 examination centres had been placed under high surveillance and 192 others under amplified surveillance based on reported examination malpractice from 2015 to 2017.
CS Amina noted in order to seal loopholes for examination irregularities, all containers will only be opened at 5:30 am.
The containers will have a double locking system and the Sub-County Directors of Education (SCDE) and the Deputy County Commissioners will each have the keys to secure.
CS Amina stated that 224 security officers will escort the examination material from the KNEC warehouse to the examination storage facilities.
“We have identified several examination cartels that have been behind the sale of fake papers to unsuspecting parents and candidates," CS Amina remarked.
"I will engage my colleagues at the Ministry of Interior, National Treasury, the Attorney General and the Director of Public Prosecutions to determine forensic means to deal with the proceeds accrued from this illegal exercise,” she added.
The CS further stated that arrangements had been made to allow candidates in schools affected by the recent tribal clashes also sit for the exams.
