The Kenyan National Examination Council (KNEC) has announced new measures to combat new forms of cheating in the Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education in 2022. (KCSE).
KNEC CEO David Njeng’ere told confirmed that, that second-session papers would be placed in exam rooms while students took their first tests.
He hinted that the move was intended to address concerns about some schools’ pre-exposure of examination papers.
The KNEC chief went on to say that the papers would be kept safe by students, invigilators, and police officers.
Moreover, he stated that the council had altered the timetable for the release of the examination papers.
“The containers will open at 7 a.m., rather than 6 a.m. as previously scheduled.”
As a result, centers have less time with the scripts,” Njeng’ere asserted.
He also warned students against engaging in exam malpractice, noting that the Directorate of Criminal Investigation (DCI) was monitoring their behavior and internet use.
Njeng’ere revealed that over 20 phones were confiscated on the first day of national examinations, with Garissa county being the most affected.
The examination director stated that a special team of detectives was examining the phones to determine whether the exams had been leaked to the students.
“KNEC officials did an exemplary job before the students could use them. Those phones are with the DCI for analysis and if the students are found culpable, we shall deal with it as per the guidelines,” he stated.
To that end, he stated that students would be frisked more thoroughly before the exams began to determine whether they were carrying contraband items.
These measures are part of the exam body’s earlier guidelines, which included a prohibition on issuing extra examination papers to invigilators and teachers.
