Students of Nyambaria High School in Kisii chased away Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) exam officials deployed to the center.
On Tuesday, November 14, the students became unruly and ungovernable accusing the officials of intimidation and harassment.
Subsequently, security officers had to be beefed up at the institution to protect senior officials from the ministry of education.
Notably, the uproar followed the suspension of School Principal Charles Onyari on November 8, by the Teachers Service Commission (TSC) over exam malpractices.
Located in Nyamira County, the school topped the 2022 KCSE, and was celebrated by parents and students across the country.
Reports indicated that the students had been unsettled after their principal was suspended over allegations of exam malpractices.
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Nyambaria High School Principal Suspended
According to reports, Nyambaria High School Principal Charles Onyari was suspended over exam cheating during the ongoing KCSE exams, after a recommendation from the Kenya National Examination Council (KNEC).
However, his suspension did not interfere with the exams as the students proceeded to do their exams as scheduled.
Notably, in 2022, the principal made headlines after the Nyamira-based institution beat academic giants in the country, taking the coveted top position in the national exams.
The school scored a mean grade of 10.89 and had 28 students who scored straight As.
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Other KCSE Exam Malpractices Reported
Speaking on November 11, Education Cabinet Secretary Ezekiel Machogu revealed that nine school principals had been suspended as exam centers managers KCSE exams began because of exams malpractices.
Additionally, he stated that 46 candidates had since been implicated for various malpractices in the exam centers.
“The only number that we have been able to send home, we said they must step aside are nine center managers, which is principals who were manning the exam centers,” Machogu stated.
However, he noted that the government was taking stringent measures to curb exam cheating including introducing different security measures while administering exams.
Some of the measures adopted would help to curb pre-exposure of the exam papers, which was highlighted as a leading way of cheating in past KCSE exams.
In addition, the ministry established a new rule requiring exam center managers to pick daily exam papers at two intervals different from the traditional one where the managers picked two papers at a go.
The 2023 KCSE exams commenced on Monday, November 6 across the country and will end on November 24.
