Education Cabinet secretary Prof. George Magoha has warned a section of schools heads who are trying to use all means to cheat in the ongoing KCSE examination.
Magoha on Monday singled out a school in western Kenya where he said the principal is trying to use experts to sit examinations for the candidates.
Without mentioning the name of the school, the CS said they have some information that the school head has removed teachers from their servant quarters and brought in some experts who get papers which are smuggled from examination rooms, fill the answers and the papers taken back.
He warned the officers manning administration of the KCSE exams saying the government is keen to deliver examinations which reflect the true capabilities of the learners.
Magoha further said no officer who is manning the examination is supposed to have a phone at the centers.
He stated that in case of emergency, a phone will be provided for the centre manager to make a call.
Transportation of examination papers, he reiterated, should be ferried by government vehicles or school buses but not a private car.
He added that following the President’s directive on closing of learning institutions as a way to combat the spread of coronavirus, international schools are not spared and they should adhere to the directive.
On KCPE, the CS said marking of examination papers is going on smoothly and observing that so far 35 percent of the work has been done.