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Ministry to act on exam cheats in Kisii District

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Published on Tuesday, 04 March 2008 19:17

The Ministry of Education has launched an investigation into 135 cases of examination cheating in Kisii District. District Education Officer Charles Mwanyoha Ndegwa said action will be taken against those found guilty.

“We have launched investigations and we shall interview the candidates, supervisors and invigilators to find out what really took place. We hope the candidates will give us a correct picture about what transpired,” the DEO told the Nation. 

He said most of the irregularities were due to collusion and wrong entry of index numbers. Nyota, a private school in Marani Division, had the highest number of cases of cheating with 80 being reported, while Mosocho Girls and Nyagisai Secondary had 14 cases each. 

Other affected schools were Kisii School with seven cases, Cardinal Otunga High School 11, Gusii Highlights five, Masimba Mixed, four, while Nyakoe Starlight, Nyasore and Sosera reported one case each.

Marked improvement

Despite the irregularities, Mr Ndegwa said there was a marked improvement in the district’s performance. He said Kisii School and Cardinal Otunga performed well but will not be ranked because of irregularities.

Kisii School principal Edward Onwong’a, said the school recorded a mean score of 9.247 but was not ranked after seven students’ results were cancelled.

Mr Onwong’a said 12 students scored grade A plain, 73 A minus while 83 had grade B plus. He added that 64 students had B plain, 51 B minus, 25 C plus, four C plain and two C minus. The school had 11 students in the top 100 in Nyanza Province.

Cardinal Otunga recorded 12 A minus, 24 B plus, 43 B plain, 57 B minus, 29 C plus and 10 C plain, according to the principal, Mr Zachary Nyariki.

Kereri Girls produced the best girl in Nyanza Province. Jollynne Mokaya attributed her feat to competitive antagonism in her family.