Government Announces When KNEC Examiners Will Be Paid

It has been confirmed that the Kenya National Examination Council, KNEC, examiners who marked the 2022 examinations will receive their payments before the end of this financial year, June 30.

According to Basic Education Principal Secretary Belio Kipsang, the government is engaging to ensure the teachers, who completed the marking of the Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) exam in January, get their dues.

“There is engagement within the government. Shortly before the end of this financial year, we shall have paid every teacher who participated in marking the examination,” Dr. Kipsang said.

Dr. Kipsang spoke on Saturday 16^th April during Kieni Constituency Education Day at St George’s Secondary School, Kieni, Nyeri County.

In May, the Kenya Union of Post-Primary Education Teachers (KUPPET) said more than 40,000 examiners had not been paid their wages.

In a statement, signed by Chairman Omboko Milemba, the union also complained about low rates for examiners, an issue that saw some teachers boycott the marking of CRE Paper One at St Francis Girls High School, Mang’u, Kiambu County.

“The assignment came after a heavily packed school year in which teachers hardly took a break from work. The work itself is characterized by poor conditions, including long hours, poor accommodation in students’ dormitories, poor diets, and, above all, low pay,” Mr. Milemba said.

Earlier, KNEC chief executive officer David Njengere had said examiners will be paid, once the council receives funds. Njengere spoke when he appeared before the Public Investments Committee on Education and Governance.

“We administer exams then pay in advance, and the balance is paid later. As soon as we get the supplementary budget from the Treasury we will pay the examiners,” he said.

The CEO decried the funding deficit for the council which he said has crippled activities like examiners’ payments.

“We would have already paid the examiners for the work they did, we just don’t have money,” Njengere said.

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