Teachers seek probe into exam cheating

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Kigumo MP Jamleck Kamau. Photo/FILE 

By MWANGI MUIRURI, OTIENO OWIDA AND TOM MATOKE newsdesk@ke.nationmedia.com
Posted  Sunday, March 4  2012 at  22:30

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• Kuppet says Exam Council’s blanket cancellation of results has affected innocent students

Teachers have demanded the formation of a task force to investigate examination cheating following cancellation of results for about 3,000 students.

Through the Kenyan Union of Post-Primary Education Teachers, the tutors said the task force should look into cheating cases that saw the results cancelled.

Kuppet vice-chairman Julius Korir said the move taken by the Examinations Council had far-reaching implications on the affected students, citing cases where some school leavers have committed suicide.

“There is a need for thorough investigations. Let’s avoid punishing students wholesale,” he said after visiting schools that performed well in Nandi County on Sunday.

Meanwhile, Kigumo MP Jamleck Kamau on Sunday accused the State of turning secondary schools and colleges into rich man’s clubs.

He said the ministry of Education’s failure to strictly enforce fees guidelines had seen students from poor families locked out of top performing schools.

“As a result, many poor but bright students are being forced to forfeit their slots in best performing schools, which are grabbed by the highest bidders,” he said at Ngurwe-ini Village in Murang’a County during a funds drive to assist two families that were left homeless by a fire last week.

Mr Kamau further said the ministry has also failed to regulate colleges that sell “irrelevant courses”.

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Elsewhere, some schools from Nyanza that were not ranked in last year’s KCSE results over cheating allegation performed well.

At Oriwo Boys, two candidates scored A plain, 26 (A-), 23 (B+) and 31 (B plain).

“We could have secured our rightful place in the county and national ranking,” Principal Dickens Bulla said.