The Kenya National Examination Council (KNEC) has dismissed reports purporting that the examination council has lost details of the teachers who invigilated the Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) exams.
In a brief statement on Saturday, February 1, the examination council flagged a viral social media post alleging that KNEC was yet to pay teachers because of the missing data. KNEC flagged the post as fake and misleading.
The flagged post alleged that teachers who participated in invigilating the national examinations will not be getting their pay anytime soon as KNEC struggled to retrieve the missing details.
According to the fake post, KNEC Chief Executive Officer (CEO) David Njengere confirmed the delays and urged the invigilators to exercise patience.
The Kenya National Examinations Council (KNEC) offices in Nairobi.
Photo KNEC
“We don’t have sufficient details of the teachers who invigilated the national exams—KNEC—to explain why it has not paid the frustrated tutors,” alleged the flagged post.
The fraudulent social media post further claimed that KNEC was also yet to receive a duly signed and stamped attendance register for the 2024 Kenya Primary School Education Assessment (KPSEA) examinations.
As per the post, the delays in submitting the attendance register saw the KNEC CEO condemn school heads, stating that KPSEA invigilators were likely to experience the same fate as their KCSE counterparts.
“KNEC is yet to receive the duly signed and stamped attendance register for the 2024 KPSEA assessment. This is to kindly request that you send a scanned copy to si@knec.ac.ke to facilitate the processing of allowances of the contracted professionals who were attached to your centres,” the post claimed.
KNEC was forced to clarify the claims after a section of social media users expressed concern over the allegations, with some calling on the exam council to address the matter.
In October last year, KNEC was forced to intervene after teachers demanded higher allowances for invigilating, supervising, and marking the exams.
The push for better remuneration was led by the Kenya Union of Post-Primary Education Teachers (KUPPET) officials, who submitted a formal request to CS Ogamba for the improvement in the allowances.
The union urged the Ministry of Education to pay teachers daily rates of Ksh3,000 for invigilators, Ksh3,500 for supervisors, and Ksh4,500 for principals who manage examination centres.
President William Ruto issuing the KCPE and KPSEA National Examinations at the Kikuyu Township Primary School, Kiambu County on October 30, 2023.
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