Nyambaria KCSE candidates chase away exam officials
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Nyambaria KCSE candidates chase away exam officials over what they termed as harassment and intimidation
Nyambaria KCSE candidates chase away exam officials over what they termed as harassment and intimidation.
According to sources in Nyamira County, security officers had to be deployed as regional examination officers camped in the school to quell the situation.
The students who are sitting for the exams alleged that they were being harassed by the invigilators and other people deployed to man the tests because of suspicion that they were involved in exam theft.
Candidates claimed that they are being subjected to intrusive searches as exam officials try to find evidence of cheating.
This comes after Nyambaria principal Charles Onyari was last week suspended over exam irregularities.
However, the authorities are yet to reveal the nature of his involvement.
Nyambaria High School topped the 2022 KCSE, surprising the country as parents and students celebrated the success.
While the school maintained that the success was a result of hard work, skeptics have alleged that the students were involved in exam regularities.
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Leaders from the region have complained of profiling of Nyambaria High School and other schools in the Kisii region during the exam period.
The leaders from the region faulted Education Cabinet Secretary Ezekiel Machogu claiming the Kisii region has unfairly been targeted as the government continues to clamp down on teachers, principals and exam centre managers found culpable of abetting exam cheating.
Led by Nyamira Senator Okong’o Omogeni, the legislators stated that cheating allegations in the Kisii region were unfounded and affected the students negatively.
“Machogu hails from here and he understands us since he has been brought up in this region. We will be referred to as exam cheats until when?” Omogeni posed.
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