Emmanuel Muvunyi, deputy director general in charge of examination and accreditation department at Rwanda Education Board (REB), has said that they will never tolerate the crime of forgery.
He said this during a press conference held at REB on Wednesday.
The board usually encounters cases of forgery during the application for national exams.
“We have identified 50 forged applications from candidates with forged documents – bulletins, signatures and stamps – from a certain school. We have also identified 30 applications of private candidates for upper secondary national exam who claim they got certificates from other countries in the region,” he said.
Muvunyi says that by working with other education boards in the region, REB has been able to track and verify some documents submitted by candidates. He adds that some have been already disqualified, while 300 other suspects are still under investigating. Forging is recognized as a crime in Rwanda.
REB also unveiled their preparation plans for the national final examinations for primary schools scheduled for November 2 to 5. 168,290 candidates will sit for the exams compared to 88,632 in 2014.
Secondary school exams will be held from November 11 to 22. For ordinary level, the number of candidates is 86,376 and 42,687 for upper level. There is also an increase compared to the last year’s 45,574 and 22,288 candidates respectively.
Rwanda Focus
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