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Worst national exam leakage in history? Alarm as corrupt exam officials turn KCSE into a joke

Students at the St Mary's Boys in Nyeri sit their KCSE exams last year. Photo/George Mulala

It has been described as the worst national examination leak since independence and embarrassed senior Kenya National Examination Council (KNEC) officials who are left scratching their heads in an attempt to unmask those behind the syndicate.

So bad is the unprecedented leakage that the once nail-biting Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) exams have been turned into a mock exercise, a mere revision, and a goldmine for unscrupulous officials of the national exam council.

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