Is Kenya becoming a ‘cheat’ country as people in Academic and Media field Claim?
Kenya is a crucial hub, according to researchers who examine the industry of what is known as “contract cheating.” Reasons are straightforward: Kenya is an English-speaking nation with a strong educational system, yet there are frequently few prospects for employment, especially for young people.
Why Kenyans are helping students abroad to ‘cheat’ in Academics
This is according to the report written to BBC News through Reha Kansara & Ed Main. In their research they conducted interviews to some Kenyans who are doing ‘academic writing’ as a way of sustating their lives.
There is money to be made for folks who are striving to make ends meet by regurgitating information for foreigners they will never meet. Kennedy made the decision to enter this field without hesitation.
The amount he used to make as a teacher was “so small” in comparison to what he currently makes.
The 30-year-old earns somewhat more than the average income, or about 150,000 Kenyan Shillings (about £1,000 or $1360) every month.
He claims that the writers he hires can finish up to 200 essays or online exams a month. “You log on for a student and do the exams for them,” he adds.
But how does he feel about the fact that he’s tainting education’s credibility all over the world?
He acknowledges feeling “morally compromised” as a former teacher but claims to just work for financial gain. I care, but what do I care more about than my own life? Sometimes you have to put your own survival ahead of moral considerations, he says.
Is Kenya a cheat Country
One of the authors claimed that this kind of work could result in students receiving degrees they did not earn, which is highly unethical from a moral standpoint. Philosophical students may comprehend the moral shortcomings in our culture. They would really tell you doing away with this will take a great effort beginning with the government itself.
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The corruption scandals involving Kenyan government officials have damaged the country’s reputation. The worst is Kenya itself going ahead to make elect president who has been implicated in corruption scandles such as Arror and Kimwarer and his deputy running mate who has also been on the spot for receiving money in his account for the contract he didn’t deliver. This is the fact and pain few Kenyans are undergoing.