14 teachers were apprehended over alleged malpractice in the ongoing Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) examination on Wednesday, November 8.
The teachers were arrested by police in Migori during an intensified crackdown to ensure 100 per cent credibility of KCSE exams.
Five teachers, a center manager, and invigilators of St Mary’s Mabera High School in Kuria West Sub-County had their phones confiscated as police probed their alleged involvement in exam irregularities.
Kuria West Sub-County Police Commander Reuben Bett stated the phones were suspected to be containing exam marking sheets.
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“They are 14 in number plus others who were not in that center,” Bett stated.
Teachers who were at the school’s church were later arrested for aiding in exam malpractice. They were escorted to Migori County Police Station where they were interrogated.
A teacher suspected to have leaked a Chemistry paper was also nabbed by police officers.
“We have arrested them and they are being investigated,” Bett added.
This came after the Teachers Service Commission suspended Nyambaria High School Principal, Charles Onyari, over alleged exam irregularities.
Onyari has been relieved of his position as the exams centre manager of the school in Kisii, in the ongoing national examinations.
The commission however did not suspend him from his position as the principal.
Nyambaria High School first hit headlines in 2022 after it posted impressive results in last year’s KCSE.
According to the provisional results, the school had a mean score of 10.89, an improvement from their previous results of (9.31).
28 students scored an A (plain) 383 students got an A (minus) and 76 got a B+ with the last student scoring a B (plain).
Education Cabinet Secretary Ezekiel Machogu is yet to issue a statement on cases of suspected cheating.
To avert cases of cheating, the CS announced that only morning papers would be picked in the morning and afternoon ones picked in the afternoon.
