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Uncertainty over KCSE exams as teachers make good strike threat

Education

By Lewis Nyaundi and Mike Kihaki | Aug 26, 2024

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KNUT Secretary General Collins Oyuu flanked by National Chairman Patrick Karinga and National Executive Council Members addressed a press conference in Nairobi where they announced the withdrawal of the strike notice which was set for August 25, 2024, by midnight. [Samson Wire. Standard]

There is uncertainty in the basic education sector following a declared industrial action for secondary school teachers and a back-to-school call for primary school teachers as learning institutions reopen for the third term today.

Questions surround the fate of this year's national exams as teachers begin the strike paralysing teaching and learning at a time when candidates should be preparing for the Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) examinations.

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