27 High School Teachers Fired for Leaking KCSE Exam Papers

27 secondary school teachers have been fired for leaking the Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) examination papers.

Speaking at Nairobi School on Wednesday, Education Cabinet Secretary Prof. George Magoha said 37 civilians, including three university students and two businesspeople, were also arrested for attempting to commit examination fraud.

Magoha further indicated that 57 mobile phones were confiscated during the entire examination period.

“As we speak, security agencies are busy conducting thorough forensic investigations to find out if the gadgets were used to aid any form of cheating,” said Magoha.

He pointed out that the ministry put in place an elaborate system that promptly foiled any attempts to leak the examination, giving the example of St. Francis Bukeke principal, who tried to open exam papers before time.

“We experienced a number of cases where examination officials attempted to open the papers with the intention of exposing them to candidates before the actual examinations started. We thwarted these efforts in a few centers countrywide,” he said.

Magoha, who declared the exercise a 99.9 percent success, said the results for the 2020 KCSE exam will be released by May 10th, when schools are scheduled to reopen for the new term.