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Shock As Candidates Miss KCSE Exam Papers
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- Published on Tuesday, 03 July 2007 03:44
The Thursday exam started at around noon, forcing the supervisor to reschedule the Kiswahili Paper Three (Fasihi) to 5.30pm.But the District Education Officer, Mr William Okumu, downplayed the crisis, saying the candidates did the exams without problems.
Following the incident, the Ministry of Education has been asked to explain the Kenya National Examinations Council error.Konoin MP Sammy Koech raised fear the students' results might be cancelled.Addressing a news conference at Nyali Beach Hotel, Mombasa, Koech said Knec had made many blunders in this year's examinations, causing anxiety among candidates and parents.
"We are concerned over the plight of our children. Their results might be cancelled on allegations of cheating," he said.
The MP said he would seek a ministerial statement in Parliament on Tuesday.He said the exams body should assure students that they will accept the photocopies."We are worried with the trend of irregularities in the papers this year, it was only recently when there was a nationwide mix up in the Mathematics papers," he said.Other reports indicate that the Government has enhanced exams supervision in areas with high cheating incidents.
Kisii, Gucha and Trans Mara District education
officers have been moving to schools affected by cheating in last year's examinations.Trans Mara DEO, David Ntura, who was at the Nkararo Secondary School where two students lost their results last year, frisked students before they entered the examination room.
In Kisii, education officials, led by DEO, James Ochieng, were at Kereri Girls' School, where 40 students had their results cancelled, searching for suspect materials.Ochieng said it was painful to see students missing results over incidents that could have been avoided through adequate supervision.
In Gucha, a principal and a supervisor have been arrested for alleged examination fraud.And Nanyuki, and18-year-old KCSE candidate is taking her exams from a hospital where she gave birth to a baby boy.Margaret Mumbi Njuguna developed labour pains while sitting her Chemistry paper at Inoro Secondary School in Laikipia District on Wednesday.
Elsewhere, primary school head teachers in Kericho District were yesterday ordered to stick in school during the Kenya Certificate of Primary School Education (KCPE) examinations.Area DEO, Mary Sangoro, also said other should keep off school compounds between November 8 to 10.
