Education Cabinet SecretaryFred Matiang'i on WWednesdaysuspended Siaya County mock examination for bearing the portrait of Governor Cornel Rasanga.
According to a statement from the ministry, the exam papers violate set guidelines on assessment of students.
"The Ministry of Education has established that Standard Eight candidates in Siaya County are currently sitting mock examinations contrary to national government policies on education. It has also been noted that the question papers for the mock tests bear the portrait of the county’s governor.The Ministry takes great exception to the violation of set guidelines on assessments of learners in Siaya County,” said Matiang'i.
Consequently, the ministry has interdicted area County Director of Education and six Sub-County Directors of Education who bear the greatest responsibility for the gross violation of set guidelines.
The ministry further directed schools to prepare internal examinations to replace the suspended mock examination.
On Tuesday, exam papers emerged online with portraits of Rasanga, something that led to an uproar on social media.
It is alleged that the papers cost Sh1.7 million to print.