Kenya's exams council promises to end cheating

The Kenya National Examinations Council (Knec) has promised to end cheating in national examinations.

Council chairman George Magoha said they are putting in place all the necessary measures to deliver credible examinations.

Prof Magoha who spoke during a dinner the Ministry of Education hosted for Kenya Secondary School Heads Association officials in Mombasa said: "My team will do everything possible to give every Kenyan child a chance by wiping out cheating."

He said leaking examinations to students' destroys their future, comparing it to a grown up defiling a child.

"Cheating turns a child into a thief," Magoha said.

His promise came in the wake of cheating that has rocked national examinations both at primary and secondary levels.

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Magoha asked the officials to support the Government's efforts to end exam cheating. 

Education Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiang'i re-affirmed the Government's commitment to deliver credible examinations.

"Rise up with focus, commitment and deliver credible results for our children," said Matiang'i, who was accompanied by Education PS Belio Kipsang.