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Some of the teachers marking the KCSEat State House Girls, Nairobi.[Courtesy]
Hundreds of teachers marking the 2020 KCSE examination at the State House Girls centre, Nairobi, have downed their tools protesting reduced allowances.
This is likely to delay the release of the results as earlier communicated by Education CS George Magoha.
A source at the centre told the Standard that the teachers were set to mark the last paper (English) before they are released on Wednesday, May 5, 2021.
But on getting reports that the other teachers in the 34 marking centres had been released without pay, the one in Nairobi decided to protest the move, a source told us.
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Kenya National Examinations Council (KNEC) acting CEO Mercy Karogo. [David Njaaga, Standard]
Marking of Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) examination scripts in some centres was temporarily stopped after examiners protested terms introduced by Kenya National Examinations Council.
The Standard established that the teachers objected to a new rule by Knec that reviewed an advance payment of about Sh20,000, often given to the teachers before they exit marking centres.
The teachers also declined another proposal by Knec to reduce the advance payment by half.
The examiners also wanted the transport reimbursement increased, saying the cost of travel went up due to the Covid-19 travel restrictions.
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Further, he denied that between 2011 and 2012, he forged a Jkuat academic excellence certificate.
The court was told that Koimburi presented the alleged forged papers to the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) for clearance to run for the seat.
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The DCI was invited to probe the matter after Knec and Jkuat separately wrote informing them the presented documents were not genuine.
“A candidate by the name of Ndungu George Koimburi did not register nor sit the year 1994 KCSE examination at the Ekalakala Secondary School under index 62001/013,” said part of a letter signed by Knec acting CEO Mercy Karogo filed in court.
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Outgoing KNEC CEO Dr Mercy Karogo.
The Kenya National Examination Council (Knec) is recruiting a new chief executive officer.
In an advert published in the papers, the board said it was looking for a firm, self-driven, results-oriented, dynamic, innovative, robust, fair and transparent leader.
The new CEO will take over from Mercy Karogo, who was appointed in 2016 to restore credibility of the examinations. Dr Karogo has been the acting CEO since the then Education Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiang’i executed the purge that kicked out top Council management. She was appointed alongside George Magoha as the Council chairperson, during the reign of Dr Matiang i.