Education Cabinet Secretary Pfor George Magoha announced that 27 teachers were fired for leaking exam papers.
During a presser on Wednesday, April 21 2021, Prof Magoha said 35 civilians were arrested and 53 mobile phones confiscated during the 2020 KCSE exams.
Last week Prof Magoha confirmed that a KCSE exam paper was tampered with hours before students sat for the same paper.
He noted that Agriculture paper 1 that was to done from 11 am on Wednesday was tampered with in one of the examination centres.
“As I speak to you now, we are trailing the culprits who exposed the agriculture paper which has just been done… That paper is a security document and when you expose it, you don’t know how we’ll trail where it was exposed from. Certain papers are meant for certain specific areas and for certain schools.
Catching Teachers
He urged security officers manning exam centres to be extra vigilant and trust no one in order to avoid cases of exam irregularities.
“I want to charge all security officers not to trust any centre manager because for them to cut and remove any paper, then the officer must have been hoodwinked,” he added.
The KCSE exams have been on for the past three weeks and are set to be completed this week.
So far, several centre managers, principals, and supervisors have been arrested in connection with examination malpractice.
