Education Cabinet Secretary (CS), George Magoha, on Tuesday, came out with a fresh batch of rules to govern the impending national examinations.
CS Magoha's media statement detailed steps the ministry had undertaken to ensure exam cheating was a thing of the past.
“We are determined to stamp out cases of irregularities associated with the poor management of our national examinations in the past, so that the results obtained from the Kenya National Examinations Council (Knec) are credible,” the CS asserted.
In the new directive, all examination materials would henceforth be transported to the various examination centres using government vehicles, The Standard reported.
The education CS added that any school principals who violated the above decree, would be apprehended and punished accordingly.
In regards to security within the exam centres, Magoha declared that security surveillance would now be extended beyond the school compounds, up to a radius of two kilometres.
He also declared that credentials pertaining to all personnel and service providers across the various schools, including caterers, chefs and security officers, must be presented to the respective centre supervisors at the start of the national examinations.
“The aim is to curb cases where some individuals pass themselves of as school staff only to assist in cheating,” the education CS divulged.
He then went on reiterate some of the rules established during his predecessor's era, such as the total ban of extra-curricular activities during the third term.
“No parent will be allowed to visit schools during the third term as we prepare for the national examinations,” he asserted.
The latest directive from the ministry came out alongside the official national examination dates.
KCPE exams were slated to commence on October 28 to 31, while the KCSE examinations would kick off on November 4, running until November 27.
