Education Ministry and Malaita Education Provider uncover source of leakage as investigations continue
BY SAMIE WAIKORI
An investigation into the reported leakage of the form six mathematics exam paper in Malaita province has uncovered five students as being involved.
The five form-six students of Maoro Community High School in Central Kwara’ae are reportedly facing disciplinary action and will not sit for their exams.
Reports say the students admitted responsibility in a swift investigation carried out by the Ministry of Education (MEHRD), Malaita Education Provider and Maoro CHS.
Investigations continue following the reports of exam leakage in Malaita.
A source close to the incident told this paper that the exam was leaked on Monday night by a form-six student of Maoro CHS.
The source said the student was residing with the school principal and on Monday night, the principal told the student to go to the school office – where the exam papers were kept – to turn off the school wifi (internet).
The source said the school principal gave the key of the school office to the student and left to attend to a death in a nearby community.
His attendance to the death was to aware relatives that despite the death, the school must commence examination the next day.
“The school principal was away in the community and the student as instructed went into the office to turn-off the wifi. It was during that period of time the student stole the exam paper.
“The student then locked the office, returned the key to the principal’s house, but didn’t turn off the wifi. Around 2am that night, he joined four other colleague form 6 students and leaked the exam paper on social media.
“The next day, nothing about the leakage was known at the school until evening of that day, when the examination supervisor for Maoro School saw it on social media.
“Every school has a code number printed on the cover page of their exam papers, and the one he saw on the exam paper posted on social media belonged to Maoro CHS.
“This is when he started to check the exam papers and found out the leak,” the source said.
The school informed Malaita EP which relayed the information to MEHRD and a joint investigation was immediately launched into the matter.
The source added that the investigation also showed that the students had shared the exam paper to form 6 students from other schools in the province.
The matter is currently before the MEHRD and Malaita EP and further procedures to be taken either on the students or the school is also at their disposal.
