Systems employed by the government to curb exam cheating have proven to be effective, Education CS Amina Mohamed has said.
The CS said the systems will enhance integrity of the national exams adding that
the strict surveillance measures will be implemented to the end.
She spoke on Tuesday in Uasin Gishu county where she oversaw the start of Day 7 of KCSE exams.
Amina said she was happy with Kenyans who had taken up the call to ‘adopt’ schools within their areas and ensure the tests went on smoothly without cheating incidents.
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"Many of the cheating cases we have dealt with have been brought to us by Kenyans who don’t want to be part of the whole vice during national examinations," the CS said.
Amina said she was happy with the collaborative teamwork between education officials and other government teams terming it a success.
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"Am very proud of the teamwork that we have seen in these exams especially from the government teams we have worked with. They have been amazing," Amina said.
On Monday, four KCSE candidates were deregistered by the examination council and discontinued from sitting the exams on charges of cheating.
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Amina said the candidates were caught with "foreign material and documentation" in examination rooms ahead of Mathematics Paper 2.
The cases were reported in Garissa and Nairobi counties.
Last week, Amina confirmed the arrest of 21 people over exam malpractices in separate cases across the country.