Fund KNEC adequately to safeguard the integrity of assessments

Center Managers collect KCSE Examinations from Kisii Central Examinations container on December 5, 2022. [Sammy Omingo, Standard]

This year's national examinations begin in less than a month. The Kenya Certificate of Primary Education (KCPE) and the Kenya Primary School Education Assessment (KPSEA) exams start on October 27, while the Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) test begins a week earlier on October 19.

Yet, teachers who invigilated and marked last year's exams were paid for their services by the Kenya National Examinations Council (KNEC) only a month ago. When the Kenya Union of Post-Primary Education Teachers (KUPPET) raised the issue of the delay in payments in March, KNEC Chief Executive Officer David Njeng'ere decried a funding deficit at the council, which he said had crippled activities.