Truth Behind KCSE Student Admitting to Cheating On Live TV
On Saturday, January 21, a recording of a student claiming to be a top student admitting to rigging during the Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) examinations reappeared, a day after the release of the 2022 KCSE results.
The viral video, which was extensively shared on Twitter, Tiktok, Facebook, and even WhatsApp, showed the individual admitting to rigging the exams during an interview on Citizen TV.
Kenyans.co.ke, on the other hand, described the film as deceptive. It was tampered with in order to undermine the credibility of the Kenya National Examination Council and the Ministry of Education.
The original interview released place on April 23, 2022, following the publication of the 2021 KCSE results by then-Education Cabinet Secretary, George Omore Magoha.
Victoria Rubadiri interviewed a top student from Mang’u High School, Jeriel Neda Obura, who scored an A with a mean score of 87.167 points.
“I always believed in myself, but honestly I did not believe that I would lead in the country,” he responded to Rubadiri.
“I want to pursue a course in medicine and maybe specialise in orthopedics so that I can become a leader in the field someday,” he added.
An individual who cut Ndeda out of the film and replaced him with his own likeness said in the doctored video that he used his mobile phone to access leakages for KCSE exams.
“I can’t lie, I was not shocked. For me personally, it was a lit bit difficult as I had to stay up late after preps to make sure my phone was always charged,” he stated in the doctored video.
“The next day, I had to wake up very early to make sure I got the leakage on time,” the unidentified individual added.
Furthermore, after admitting to exam malpractice claims, Rubadiri did not praise him, as popularly believed in the doctored film.
Ndeda was the best in the country in the 2021 KCSE results, followed by Mukuha Timothy Kamau of Alliance High School with a mean score of 87.139 and Job Ngara of Mang’u High School with a mean score of 87.116.
However, Education CS did not name the top candidates in the 2022 KCSE results.
According to the Machogu results released on Friday, January 20, 1,140 candidates received an overall A grade in the KCSE 2022 exams, compared to 1,138 in 2021.
173,345 candidates scored C+ grades or higher, meeting the minimum university admittance requirement.
Truth Behind KCSE Student Admitting to Cheating On Live TV
