Disband KNEC over exam irregularities

The integrity of examinations in Kenya is at risk! Kenya National Examination Council (KNEC), the government’s custodian of examination has seriously failed Kenyans. Despite the process of setting exams being a secretive practice, cases of leakage are always detected raising integrity questions for the parties involved. KNEC should be disbanded with immediate effect.  Their inefficiency and laxity of upholding exam integrity is highly wanting. The 2015 KCSE exams had the highest ever recorded number of cheats who were found out at 5,101 candidates compared to 2,975 in 2014; a 70 percent increase. Government even scrapped ranking of schools to curb examination irregularities but this was futile. On the contrary, examination cheating has intensified over the last three years.

KNEC is the sole conduit to exam irregularities in Kenya. School principals and security officers and other stakeholders should also be forewarned and made responsible too for the perennial massive examination cheating in the country. As established, cheating of exams is a ‘monster’ that is fed by parents, police and senior education officials. Ultimately, it’s KNEC that ought to carry this entire burden; they need to be disbanded immediately.