Senegal condemns teachers to fraud on baccalaureate exams

A teacher in Senegal was sentenced to five years in prison and another was fined $ 32,000 for selling exam copies.

Baccalaureate examinations in French, English, question sheets broadcast on social media and WhatsApp

Several other teachers and dozens of students were also punished.

Their sentences range from two months of suspension to two years in prison.

The director of Lycée M. de Kahone, of the Senegalese capital, admitted to having sold exams, but said he was not motivated by the money .

"I wanted to help a vulnerable person who was struggling to get his baccalaureate," said Mamadou Djibril Dia Senegalese Life saying to the Criminal Court of Dakar

"[She] I asked for Help because it had already failed twice … If I wanted to make money, I would have sold the tests to the richest ".

In addition to being sentenced to five years in prison, Dia was fined 500,000 CFA francs ($ 886), Teachers from at least two secondary schools were also convicted of "criminal conspiracy, fraud and fraudulent gain of undue material benefits. "

The heaviest of them was a fine of $ 32,000 and a two-year prison sentence sentence pbaded on French teacher Abdoulaye Ndour Yalla Suren High School

Senegalese news agency Le Soleil said the court heard evidence that Ndour had placed $ 12,000 of sales revenue in his bank account.

conditional sentences for their participation , ranging from six months to two years in prison.