The Kenya Union of Post Primary Education Teachers (KUPPET) Kisumu chapter has issued the Kenya National Examinations Council (KNEC) a one-week ultimatum to pay teachers who marked last year’s Form Four national examinations.
Area Executive Secretary Zablon Awange condemned the examination council for exploiting teachers.
Speaking in Kisumu, Awange stated that no teacher from the area would be engaged by KNEC in the future unless the outstanding dues are settled.
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He criticized KNEC for perpetuating the use of cheap labour, having trained hundreds of KUPPET members as examiners, only for them to face frustration at the end of the process.
Awange also called on KNEC to review the compensation provided to examiners, noting that the current amount is inadequate.
He said that examiners are often forced to spend their own money and have been living in poor conditions due to inadequate accommodations provided to them.
The 2024 KCSE exams were conducted across 10,755 centers, with a record-high total of 965,501 candidates participating, an increase from 903,138 in 2023.
The KNEC CEO Dr David Njeng’ere stated that the Council engaged 30,370 examiners to mark the 2024 KCSE examination papers, which were processed at 40 marking centers.
By Fredrick Odiero
