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    "content": "ignore these factors, even if we bring in a tribunal, we will still have the same problem. So, it is important for us to look at the causes of examination cheating. The Ministry decided to elevate many schools to national level. Some parents are saying that they would rather take their children to a provincial school than to a national school. This is worrying. It means that some national schools may not perform like any other national school. We need to find ways to create confidence in students who join a school which was recently elevated to a national school. We need to grade all national schools, not just those which were boosted by the economic stimulus package, but those that were performing well can be graded and given an opportunity to become national schools. Then, we will be talking of a different dynamic situation where it can be graded to compete with schools like Alliance, Starehe Boys Centre, amongst others. A school with a form one admission of about 500 students with approximately 375 marks - if they get the best teachers - they do not need to cheat because they passed their Kenya Certificate of Primary Education (KCPE) examinations. If such students cheated in their KCPE examination, they will have to cheat in the Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) examination. If that is the case, there is something wrong with the education system. What happens in between the two examinations is something that teachers must look at. When a student in form one or two engages in examination malpractices, this is something that should be looked at. Last year, Chavakali High School became a victim. I know many parents whose children were invited for admission in this school but refused because they were afraid of a recurrence. An established tribunal will safeguard schools and the parents’ confidence in schools because it will administer justice to the schools, students and parents. The problem is that we have left the examination marking process to a few people. Therefore, we do not know how they mark these examinations. It is important because schools will demand to be shown what led to cancellation of their examination results. Cancellation may be a way of destroying the performance of some schools yet we do not know. There are no mechanisms in place to show what led to such cancellations yet we have been pointing fingers at each other. If the KNEC can produce the cancelled results, verification can be done and established if it is true that an examination malpractice occurred. It is true that with the establishment of this tribunal, parents will appreciate Sen. Obure because it will address many matters that parents are facing. I hope that as we move forward, exam cheating does not become a ritual. I support."
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