Kenya National Examinations Council Chairman Professor George Magoha has revealed how his council, in collaboration with the Ministry of Education under Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiang'i managed to tame exam cheating in last year's national Primary and Secondary School final examinations.
Speaking during an interview on NTV on Friday, the Professor revealed that they began by sealing all possible loopholes that had been allegedly put into use by crooked officials to leak examinations and manipulate results for personal reasons.
"Knec has realized that there was a leakage in our systems, any member of the staff could easily access the systems and tamper with the exams and results for personal reasons. This time round however, we ensured that all that was sealed," he said.
The chair also said that to ensure that no information in the exam papers found its way out, very few of the officials were aware of the questions awaiting the candidates, further saying that security of the papers and thorough frisking of the candidates was conducted before they entered the examination rooms to ensure that no illegal materials were smuggled in with intentions of cheating.
According to the chair, the efforts made the examinations results reliable and trustworthy, and hence the reason why there was a drastic drop in the number of straight A"s and A minuses.