KCSE Examiners Boycott Marking at Upper Hill - Daily Nation

KCSE examiners boycott marking at Upper Hill - Daily Nation

Teachers have boycotted marking of the Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) Physics practical at Upper Hill High School, Nairobi.

The examiners, who are demanding better pay, have been on a go slow since Thursday, forcing Kenya National Examination Council (Knec) to hold a series of crisis meetings to calm the situation.

Poor Pay

The Kenya Post Primary Education Teacher’s Union (Kuppet) officials were on Friday barred from entering the centre.

Kuppet Deputy Secretary-General Moses Nthurima said despite being subjected to long hours of marking, the teachers were getting little pay.

Mr Nthurima said teachers in most of the marking centres have boycotted the exercise due to poor pay and alleged threats from their seniors and the exam council.

He said the teachers were paid Sh46 per script marked.

On Friday, Knec CEO Mercy Karogo told Kuppet the council had addressed the teachers’ grievances and marking had resumed.

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