Kenya to Arrest Exam Officials Over Widespread Cheating The Kenyan government has dissolved the national school examination board and says it will arrest the nine members who authorities now say were implicated in widespread cheating last year on the university entrance exam. The scandal is engulfing the Kenya National Examinations Council. College-age high school students in Kenya undergo a mandatory examination to determine whether they can advance to public and private universities. Around half a million students take the exam every year. In 2016, the results of more than 5,000 students were voided due to cheating and other "irregularities," including exam papers being sold for $10. There have also been unconfirmed reports that exam questions and answers were being shared over social media. In 2015, exam officials confiscated more than 30 phones that were being used during the test. Kenya's government has ordered the arrest of officials it says were involved in the cheating. “These people are very, very much involved in what had happened in last year’s examination and so they ... Continue reading... http://m.voanews.com/a/kenya-to-arrest-exam-officials-over-cheating/3255354.html
