Exam malpractices can be combated if teachers join fully in supporting mechanism put by KNEC, an aspiring MP in Kitutu Masaba has said.
This comes a day after KCPE results were released by Education CS Fred Mating’i who revealed that over 30 counties were involved in the intellectual dishonesty.
In an exclusive interview on Thursday morning, Mr Victor Ogeto blamed school heads for allegedly not ‘giving their best’ in combating the vice hence leading to the cancellation of results for innocent pupils.
“It really hurts that we don’t learn from mistakes. We don’t support exam malpractices because it’s an intellectual dishonesty. I feel that our teachers ate not giving their best because they are close to institutions and can be able to detect what takes place during exams,” he said.
Ogeto challenged teachers to work with the examination council to thwart attempts to engage in examination cheating by reporting unscrupulous businesspeople circulating papers.
“Of course, KNEC bares the greatest responsibility because leakage is an inside job but teachers should also detect it at a school level and report the cases. It’s sad that we can watch our children gambling with their future by engaging in malpractices,” he added.
Ogeto, who is also the proprietor of Ogeto Swanya Foundation said his Foundation will support additional twenty pupils from vulnerable communities who managed to score 380 marks in 2015 KCPE, who will join fifty 15 others who were under sponsorship in his Foundation.