Why cheating in exams may not end any time soon

The introduction of the Module II programme – also referred to as parallel degree courses – in the late 1990s to provide access to university education and make use of education funds, which usually ended up in foreign universities, is what commercialised education and fuelled cheating in exams.

In those days, I had just joined the University of Nairobi and many things were going wrong. Module II students who had attained fewer marks than regular ones were admitted to competitive courses such as law and medicine just because their parents could afford it. Hard-working students from backgrounds of lesser means had to pursue courses forced down their throats by the Joint Admissions Board.