Episode 74: Exam Cheating
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Episode 74: Exam Cheating
KCSE (Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education) examinations kicked off on Monday 22nd October, 2018. 664, 586 students will be taking the exams, which test what they have studied in their four years of secondary education in three to four weeks. This year, the state has undertaken many tyrannical measures to stop exam cheating, including threatening to send parents of children caught cheating to jail.
We’re joined by Nyambura Mutanyi, a multi-disciplinary artist who has been active in crafting education policy, to discuss what causes exam cheating, how prevalent it is (less than 1% of candidates are caught cheating), and what we can do to improve the state of examinations and education in general in Kenya. Press play!
Resources
Why Kenyan students are cheating in their exams and what can be done
[2016] New formula crafted to curb exam cheating
[2016] National school candidates among 5,101 KSCE exam cheats
[2016] Report reveals how teachers, students used phones to cheat in KCSE
[2016] Schools calendar overhauled in new war against exam cheating
[2017] Exam cheats to be fined Sh5 million
[2017] Boarding schools to be audited and why many may be closed
30 schools on State watchlist for collecting exam cheating money
Knec names national exam cheating hotspots
Tight security as KCSE exams begin
200 schools targeted in exam cheating probe
Teachers asking for Sh10,000 to buy exams, warns KNEC
Meeting on cheating in exams scheduled
KCSE begins today as Government puts in tough exam measures