23 students of Silver Bells Academy in Uasin Gishu county now left in a state of confusion after it was revealed that they have been sitting for fake papers of Kenya Primary Education Assessment (KPSEA) examinations.
Reports indicate that police officers were on Wednesday, 30, forced to visit the school upon getting tip-off from some concerned parents, who realized that the school was not registered by the Kenya National Examinations Council (KNEC).
“The parent disclosed that they had observed that the school was doing a different exam as compared to other schools and the students were always late to begin exams. Today, we decided to investigate and discovered that the school was in fact holding fake examinations,” Revealed the Deputy County Commissioner Dancan Okwach during a press briefing.
It was until this moment, that matters began to unfold so quickly. Eventually, the Grade 6 students in that school realized they had not been registered despite being informed in prior by the school, that they have been registered to sit for the national exams.
“When we conducted investigations, we discovered that the school was not registered and the pupils were not registered as well.” He further told the press.
Blaming both the headteacher of the school, and the owner, for administering fake examinations under the guise that they were original exams from the KNEC, the commissioner disclosed their findings that the school was printing its own exams and photocopying them before issuing them to the students.
He also confirmed the arrest of the duo who are currently being held in the custody of the police as much probe continues, to determine the cause and motive behind issuing the fake examinations.
Revealing the number of the affected students, he promised Kenyans concerned on the matter, that both KNEC and the Ministry will look into the matter to resolve the current wave of uncertainty that has hit those 23 students.
“23 students have been affected by this matter. We have arrested the two individuals who are now the prime suspects. We will take them into custody and conduct investigations to determine the root cause of this matter.” stated Okwach.
The KPSEA exams ended Wednesday 30, 3-days after it was started Monday, October 28.