DCI Issues Statement on KCSE Exam Leakage
New information reveals rogue Officials from the Education Ministry and the Kenya National Examination Council may have conspired to leak national exams in order to profit financially.
Government workers made money by creating social media profiles where they posted tests, according to a meeting between MPs, the Director of Criminal Investigation (DCI), and the Communication Authority of Kenya (CAK).
A total of 49 social media profiles were created and made active to help with the provision of exam questions.
The DCI also gave names of KNEC and CAK officials who were a part of the plot, according to Julius Melly, head of the National Assembly Education Committee, who spoke after the meeting.
When the committee will present its findings to Parliament at the end of the month, Mr. Melly vowed not to reveal the names of those officials.
Melly claimed that during the closed-door meeting, a lot of leaks in the examination system that involved big fish were revealed.
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We have reliable information that pertains to several Ministry of Education departments. We investigated how people accessed social media sites and the information they disseminated. said Melly.
He added that the committee would suggest significant changes to how tests are managed, supervised, and punished for leaks, early exam exposure, collaboration, and impersonation.
“DCI provided us with more details on specific offenders. They single out those who open social media platforms and use multiple accounts, some of which involve large sums of money. They told us how much money was sent via M-PESA and bank accounts as conduits before it reached specific people, the man added.
Out of 49 accounts formed last year, it was discovered during the meeting that 22 Facebook accounts and 13 Telegram accounts are under the name Knec, while the remaining accounts are under the names of various people.
While nine Telegram accounts and 19 Facebook profiles have been disabled, about 14 bogus Telegram and seven Facebook accounts are still operating.
They include knecleakage2022, KNEC EXAMS, kncep, kcseleaks001, KCSENNC, kennny97, kcsegradechangingknec, KNECEXAM, knecexam2022, knecleakage, KCSEEXAMLEAKAGES, KNECLEAKAGES2022, leakagekcseandkcpe.
Some Telegram accounts which have been deactivated include Kneclkg, KCSEANDKCPE EXAMS, Kcse2021leaks, knecpapers22, kneckcseleakage, sanzy2, knec2021exam, KCSEKCPRNCKASN EBLEAKAGES.
KCSE Leakage, KNEC Standard Notes and Past Papers – TVET, Knec past papers, and Kenya National Examination Council Dennis Pritt Road are among the Facebook pages for KNEC PAST papers, kcse past papers and marking schemes, and KNEC.
Early in December of the previous year, KNEC Chief Executive David Njengere expressed worry over the early release of national tests and asked for help shutting down Telegram and Facebook accounts that were abusing the system.
Early publication of national test papers on social media is a new challenge that KNEC is currently battling. The council is asking your organisation for help in taking down a few known Facebook Forums and Telegram Channels in order to stop this menace. said Dr. Njengere.
In order to stop the exam fraud, the Council boss held meetings and sent a letter to the authority requesting the formation of a multi-agency team made up of the Council, CCK, and the ICT Authority.
“Some meticulous people have made it a habit to open exam papers once they have been taken out of the containers, take pictures, and share these in social media platforms,” Declared Njengere.
Strong end-to-end technology and privacy, self-destructing messages, and anonymous registration capabilities, according to CCK Chief Executive Ezra Chiloba, promote covert communication and continue to be a threat to tracing offenders.
We hate to inform you that reaching out to Telegram and Signal has proven to be particularly difficult, as the latter platform has generally been unresponsive, said Chiloba.
DCI Issues Statement on KCSE Exam Leakage
