The demand for better remuneration of teachers deployed during the examination period was one of the grievances of Kuppet when it called for a strike in August before agreeing a consent with the Teachers Service Commission (TSC) that ended the strike. However, the matter remains unresolved.
The CEO of the Kenya National Examinations Council (Knec) told Nation that the council increased the rates for supervisors, examiners, and marking centres last year. Mr Ogamba had not responded to our inquiries by the time of going to press.
With just two weeks left until the start of the Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) examinations, uncertainty surrounds its administration after the Kenya Union of Post-Primary Education Teachers (Kuppet) reiterated their demand for higher allowances for teachers involved in the exercise.
The union initially made the demand in September through a letter to the Cabinet Secretary for Education, Julius Ogamba, but the government has not responded to the demands.
