Unions representing teachers on Tuesday declared that none of their teachers would participate in supervision of the Kenya Certificate of Primary Education (KCPE) and Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) examinations despite the latter set to commence on October 12.
The Kenya National Union of Teachers (KNUT) and Kenya Union of Post Primary Education Teachers (Kuppet) ordered their teachers to keep off schools till their grievances regarding the 50-60 per cent pay rise were heard.
“The government should postpone examinations until all complaints are tabled,” said KNUT Secretary General, Wilson Sossion.
Last week Education Cabinet Secretary Jacob Kaimenyi, insisted that students had already finished the syllabus and were only supposed to use third term for revision. However, Sossion argued that the candidates were not prepared for the examinations at all.
Kenya National Examination Council (KNEC) on the other hand is confident that the exams would go through with maximum supervision and no interruptions.
KNEC Chief Executive Officer, Joseph Kivilu affirmed that they had contingency plans set in case the teachers strike affected national examinations.
The industrial strike by teachers in now in its fourth week, with no signs of any of the warring factions relenting.
