MOGADISHU ( Halbeeg News) – Somali ministry for Education has canceled the national examination of secondary schools across the country barely days after the students sat the exam.
The unified examinations which prepared by Somali ministry for Education started on Saturday in around 100 exam centers in Mogadishu and other towns in the south and central Somalia.
In a televised statement, Somali education minister, Abdirahman Godah Barre has announced that exams have been crossed out.
“I would like to share with them (students) information which most of you are aware of, the ongoing examination had clearly being known that the exam had been leaked and (exam papers) were available on internet and social media for the last three days, latest being today, sincere,’ he said.
The minister lauded the staff of the ministry and the exam observers in centers in the Somali capital.
“In Mogadishu, the exams were keeping insecure place and there was no third party between where the exams were (the ministry and its staff including the invigilator s and supervisors) and the students, we are satisfied that in Mogadishu where 80% of the students are, the exams had not been leaked,” he noted.
The minister said the security agencies arrested several individuals in connection with exam malpractice.
“Unfortunately, in one of the 100 centers, the people entrusted with the exam decided to leak, some of those people were nabbed by the security agencies and others are still under the radar, the agencies infiltrated messages shared on WhatsApp, they (agencies) realized where exam leak is distributed and some of the people involving are detained while others are still hunted,” he confirmed, “We are waiting to know the reason which forced the exam to leaked from (investigation of ) security agencies. In fact, I am confident that they (the security agencies) will come up with the cause if I cooperate with them. If it (the reason for the leakage) is the purpose of business, those involved in will be seized and will be brought to court.”
He announced that the examination will be re-done across the country.
“After the ministry discussed with the education stakeholders, the ministry decided to cancel all the exams and restart (exams) because it not possible (to accept) all exams to be leaked,” he said.
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