A Kenya National Examinations Council (KNEC) supervisor was allegedly abducted and assaulted by students after he refused to cooperate with a cheating scheme.
Kenyans.co.ke learned that the ordeal reportedly unfolded when he firmly resisted attempts by some teachers and local education officials to facilitate examination irregularities at the school.
According to his own account, he was offered a Ksh50,000 bribe on Monday to turn a blind eye to the malpractice, an offer he flatly rejected.“They offered me a lump sum of Ksh50,000 to facilitate cheating during the ongoing KCSE Exams, but I refused. That is when they took me and assaulted me,” the supervisor recounted.
He suffered severe head cuts and a fractured hand during the Wednesday, November 11 evening attack that left him fearing for his life.
The supervisor, who was overseeing the ongoing Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) examinations at Vingurugani Secondary School in Kinango sub-county, is now recuperating at home.He said he confiscated unauthorised exam papers that a teacher had sneaked into the examination room and locked the materials away as evidence.
The same materials were later reportedly stolen from his locker, after which he was summoned to the Kinango education offices by a quality assurance official who allegedly coerced him to cooperate with other teachers.
