Examination body, UNEB has dismissed as untrue, reports that its staff are involved in received money in order to change candidates marks.
In a story making rounds on social media, it was indicated that UNEB staff trade in marks for cash.
However, according to UNEB Executive Director, Dan Odongo, the claims are unfounded since the exam body has a zero tolerance policy to examination malpractice, particularly adulteration of marks at any stage.
“ UNEB has instituted strong layers of security that are able to detect any form of malpractice related to altering of scores/marks of candidates. It is through such measures that the Board's security system was able to quickly discover the attempts by two members of staff to tamper with scores of candidates,” Odongo said.
According to UNEB, whereas the social media story alleges that the said officers have been contacted by schools since 2018, no evidence of security breaches has been found.
“ It is also not true that over 20 members of staff were implicated in the alleged malpractice. Thorough investigations did not reveal involvement of any other officers.”
UNEB said when the suspected malpractice was detected,the suspects were handed over to Police for further investigations.
“ The two culprits were subjected to the Board's internal disciplinary processes, where they pleaded guilty to making attempts to tamper with the marks. They also confessed that they were attempting to do this for the first time. It is therefore not true, as indicated in the social media report, that this kind of malpractice has been going on for some years.”
The exam body assured the public of strong and effective quality assurance measures “that ensure the validity and reliability of scores of candidates at any level.”