Tutors to be rewarded for roles in KCPE exams

TSC CEO Nancy Macharia. [Elvis Ogina, Standard]

Teachers who exhibited good behaviour during the administration of the Kenya Certificate of Primary Education (KCPE) exams will be rewarded, according to Teachers Service Commission (TSC) chief executive Nancy Macharia.

Dr Macharia said among those to be rewarded are teachers who were involved in invigilation, supervision, and marking of the exams.

She praised teachers for their efforts to prepare the 2021 KCPE candidates in an academic year that was heavily shortened.

“I wish to report that nearly all the 130,667 teachers involved in the examination conducted themselves with the utmost professionalism,” Dr Macharia said during the release of the KCPE results by Education Cabinet Secretary George Magoha on Monday.

“This shows our teachers are determined to ensure the credibility of our exams,” she said adding that the reward and recognition will be done in line with the Performance Recognition, Reward, and Sanctions Policy.

Last year, some 30 teachers who stood out during the 2020 examinations were rewarded following the roles they played in the administration of KCPE and KCSE exams.

Teachers whose schools posted good grades in the 2020 national examinations were rewarded during World Teacher’s Day. However, Dr Macharia said TSC will deal firmly with teachers who will were involved in examination irregularities.

Meanwhile, Dr Macharia said 229,292 teachers have, in the last three years, been trained for all levels of the new curriculum including Grade Six, which will be introduced next month.

“The commission has planned the training of 60,000 junior secondary school teachers in CBC and Competency-Based Assessment (CBA) with effect from April 25 to May 13, 2022,” Macharai said.