Multi Media University College
Multimedia University College has suspended 38 students for allegedly cheating in an exam they sat for last April.
Another 34 students suspected of cheating were also summoned by the Exam Disciplinary Committee and are waiting the outcome of the investigations.
According to the invigilator of the sociology paper, Mrs. Kathure, the students were copying answers from writings that were on the classroom walls. The students are in the Faculty of Media and Communication.
The Academic Registrar, Dr. Ngoo, added the students were caught with mobile phones in the exam room.
“We must note that most of the students were diploma students who cheated in the exam. These students are weaker academically and may be tempted to cheat to move on to the next level,” said Dr. Ngoo.
Dr. Ngoo went on to say, ”Evil minds are always present in society. There is no cause for alarm. We are looking into the matter very cautiously and those who are found guilty will be kicked out of the institution.”
But some of the affected students say there was no cheating that took place.
“All the students who were sitting along the walls were told to write down their names on a piece of paper. We finished the paper and went on holiday. When we reported back to school in May, 72 of us were summoned by the Exam Disciplinary Committee and 38 were suspended immediately,” says Martin Korir, one of the suspended student.
The student leadership suspects foul play in the suspension of the students.
Writing on the wall
”We do not want the students of MMU to be seen as cheats. The writings on the walls have been there for years and have nothing to do with the current students,” Gilbert Koech, the chairman of the Student Union said.
According to the Student Union, the suspensions should be revoked.
”We are not going to entertain cheating. However, we are only going to accept that students are cheating if the walls are repainted.”
The student union believes the lecturer behind the whole matter had an ulterior motive and was out to get the students.
”It was unfair to my classmates because they weren’t given a chance to explain what really happened. Now they face the wrong judgment,” said Nibraa Ayodo, one of the classmates of the suspended students.
venessa
June 18, 2012 at 10:40 am
Great piece!
faith
June 18, 2012 at 12:14 pm
this is not fair at all,they should have been given warnings before the harsh judgement….
waitherero mumo
June 18, 2012 at 12:21 pm
lecturers call it cheating students call it TEAMWORK.survival for the fittest
kaboo
June 18, 2012 at 12:46 pm
this is unfair.through investigations should be done
Sumeya
June 18, 2012 at 4:59 pm
WOW!! This is a great piece.
Society should be aware of the injustices that happen in campuses in Kenya,this was really unfair to these students and something should be done about it to get to the bottom of this story.
Kudos Olyvia!
wamateni
June 19, 2012 at 11:45 am
am a former student of multimedia university and i found the writing on the wall and the time i stayed there for three yrs the writings were still there so to suspend student in the name of cheating in exam is injustice of the highest order in this country. to the admin pliz carry your own cross without victimizing innocent student,this is the reason,the last time the walls were painted i think it was when the college was been officially opened and some of those student were still in primary school or perhaps nt born.to the so called hero of catching students cheating,had u closed your eyes before the paper began?did or the student look at the wall at the same time as if they were starting a race?do you understand the rules that r followed when supervising exams?can the whole class copy exam and if so u should revise your tactics of teaching because u rare headed for doom.
Emmanuel Chenze
September 6, 2012 at 7:45 pm
Sadly this happens a lot in universities.
kennedy ong'or
September 21, 2012 at 6:56 am
Ati diploma students are intellectually weaker than their degree counterparts! Shame on you Dean, this sort of intellectual hogwash is indeed IQ mediocrity on your part.