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

Factors Influencing Recurrence Examination Irregularities in Public Secondary Schools in Kisii County, Kenya

[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

‘Militant’ handling of exams worries parents and learners

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