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Teachers say no to strict exam rules and ranking

KENYA PRIMARY SCHOOLS HEAD TEACHERS ASSOCIATION ANNUAL DELEGATES CONFERENCE IN MOMBASA PHOTO: COURTESY

Delegates and teachers have rejected proposals to reintroduce caning, national examinations ranking and stringent regulations to combat exam cheating.

About 10,000 head teachers attending the Kenya Primary Schools Head-teachers Association annual conference at Sheikh Khalifa Secondary School in Mombasa booed down a Kenya National Examination Council (Knec) official when he announced a set of regulations proposing to hold head teachers responsible for any examinationcheating.

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