Report reveals how candidates in teachers' colleges failed qualifying exam

Members of the Kenya Primary Schools Head Teachers Association (KEPSHA) follow proceedings as KNUT Sec Gen Wilson Sossion was addressing them during the 13th annual delegates’ conference. [Photo by Gideon Maundu/Standard]

Almost half of primary school teacher trainees failed their final examinations last year, according to a confidential report by the Teachers Service Commission.

The report seen by The Standard says last year’s examinations recorded the worst performance, with TSC expressing concern that some colleges had a failure rate of more than 50 per cent.