Kenya: Exam Cheating Cartels to Blame for Wave of School Fires, Says Matiang'i

Education Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiang'i on Tuesday attributed the wave of arson attacks on schools to frustrations by students over failure to illegally access national examination papers.

He said he had information from police and headteachers that students had already paid for the papers but the teachers who abet cheating had been unable to procure the tests after the government dismantled the cartels which used to distribute them at the Kenya National Examinations Council.

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