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KCSE Examiners Down Tools, Demand for Better Knec Payment Rates and Improved Services
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Knec News Today; Knec KCSE Examiners now want the council to pay Kshs. 100 per script.
Knec Examiners marking the Kenya Certificate of Secondary School (KCSE) have halted the marking process citing poor pay and working conditions.
The latest Knec News Today reaching us at newspro.co.ke indicate that examiners currently stationed at St. Francis Mang’u Girls High School are on a go-slow.
It is therefore not business as usual at the Knec marking centres 2023.
CS Education Ezekiel arrived at the marking centre to arrest the situation before things got out of hand.
This is not the first time that KCSE examiners have decried poor payment rates.
In 2019, Physics examiners went on a demonstration against harsh working conditions and poor payment rates but Knec turned a blind eye.
In 2020, KCSE examiners contracted to mark KCSE English Paper three also aired their grievances. Unfortunately, Knec victimized some examiners by scrapping their names from the Knec Examiners List online.
The question is, for how long will KCSE examiners decry poor living conditions, low payment rates and delayed payment?
It is high time KUPPET took up the matter to solve this stalemate once and for all.
According to Payment details released by the Council, KCSE Knec Examiners are paid up to Kshs 80 to mark each script. At the end of the 14 or so days, Knec Examiners pocket up to Kshs 40, 000 an amount that is subjected to taxation.
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Primary school heads who act as Centre Managers for the Kenya Certificate of Primary Education, KCPE, exams pocket a daily subsistence allowance of 500 shillings; for a total of 4 days (including rehearsal day).
Secondary school Principals, on the other hand, earn a daily allowance of 500 shillings for 18 days. The highest-paid Supervisor walks away with a sum total of 12,510 shillings while the highest-paid invigilator gets 9860 shillings
The examiner does not pay deputy headteachers and Principals despite being present at the school present during the examination period as assistant Centre Managers.
KNEC also does not include payment of teachers handling science subjects who prepare and administer practicals during the KCSE examinations. Kenya National Examination Council (KNEC) data, however, shows a total of 2,056,719 were registered for the tests scheduled to start in two weeks’ time. Of 1,225,693 will sit KCPE and 831,026 KCSE.
Here are the marking centers for this year’s KCSE exams:
| SUBJECT | CODE | MARKING CENTRE
(KCSE 2021-2022) |
REPORTING DATE –4th April 2022 | MARKING CENTRE
(KCSE 2020-2021) |
REPORTING DATE -2021 |
| English paper 1 | 101/1 | Moi Forces Academy Nairobi | Mang’u High School | 21/04/2021 | |
| English paper 2 | 101/2 | Sunshine High School | Maryhill Girls | 26/04/2021 | |
| English paper 3 | 101/3 | Mang’u High/ Thika High | Thogoto TTC and Alliance Boys High | State House Girls | . |
| Kiswahili Paper 1 | 102/1 | Alliance Girls High School | Sunshine High | . | |
| Kiswahili Paper 2 | 102/2 | Moi Forces Academy | . | ||
| Kiswahili Paper 3 | 102/3 | Alliance Girls High | 19/04/2021 | ||
| Maths Paper 1 | 121/1 | Lang’ata High School | Lenana School | 21/04/2021 | |
| Maths Paper 2 | 121/2 | . | . | ||
| Biology Paper 1 | 231/1 | . | . | ||
| Biology Paper 2 | 231/2 | Limuru Girls High | St. Georges Girls | . | |
| Biology Paper 3 | 231/3 | St. Georges High | Buruburu Girls | . | |
| Physics Paper 1 | 232/1 | Moi Isinya | 26/04/2021 | ||
| Physics Paper 2 | 232/2 | Starehe Girls Centre | Loreto Kiambu Girls High | 26/04/2021 | |
| Physics Paper 3 | 232/3 | Moi Girls Isinya | Murang’a TTC | 26/04/2021 | |
| Chemistry Paper 1 | 233/1 | . | 21/04/2021 | ||
| Chemistry Paper 2 | 233/2 | Starehe Girls Centre | . | 21/04/2021 | |
| Chemistry Paper 3 | 233/3 | Kenya High School | . | . | |
| History Paper 1 | 311/1 | Starehe Bors | cENTRE | Ngara Girls High | 21/04/2021 |
| History Paper 2 | 311/2 | Thika High School | Starehe Boys | . | |
| Geography Paper 1 | 312/1 | Murang’a TTC | Mary Leakey Girls | 26/04/2021 | |
| Geography Paper 2 | 312/2 | Thika High School | . | ||
| CRE Paper 1 | 313/1 | Loreto Girls Limuru | Limuru Girls | . | |
| CRE Paper 2 | 313/2 | Buru Buru Girls High School | Loreto Girls Limuru | 26/04/2021 | |
| Agriculture Paper 1 | 443/1 | . | . | ||
| Agriculture Paper 2 | 443/2 | Moi Girls Isinya | Senior Chief Koinange Girls | . | |
| Computer Studies Paper 1 | 451/1 | UpperHill High | 28/04/2021 | ||
| Computer Studies Paper 2 | 451/2 | . | . | ||
| Business Studies Paper 1 | 565/1 | Machakos Girls | 26/04/2021 | ||
| Business Studies Paper 2 | 565/2 | . | . |
2022 KNEC list of invited KCSE examiners
The 2022 KNEC list of invited KCSE examiners encompasses English paper one, English paper two, English paper three, Kiswahili paper one, Kiswahili paper one, Kiswahili paper Two, Kiswahili paper three, Maths paper One, Maths paper Two, Biology paper Two, Biology paper One, Biology paper three, Chemistry paper One, Chemistry paper Two, Chemistry paper three, Physics paper One, Physics paper Two, Physics paper three, Business paper One, Business paper Two, Business paper three, Agriculture paper One, Agriculture paper Two, Home science paper One, Home Science paper Two, Woodwork paper One, Wood Work paper Two, Aviation Studies paper One, Aviation Studies paper two, History paper Two, History paper one, CRE paper One, CRE paper Two, Geography paper one, Geography paper Two, Computer Studies paper Two, Computer Studies paper two, among other.
2022-2023 KNEC MARKING CENTERS
The knec marking centers remain constant year in year out. Last year KCSE examiners staged demos to protest the poor living and working conditions at the centers with KUPPET requesting that they be moved to universities and colleges in vain. Although the examiners keep on moving from one marking center to another every year, the designated knec marking centers for this year include Mang’u High, Mary Hill Girls, State House Girls, Sunshine High, Moi Forces Academy, Alliance Girls Lenana School, Buru Buru Girls, St. George’s Girls, Moi Isinya, Loreto Girls-Kiambu, Murang’a TTC, Lenana School, Ngara Girls, Starehe Boys, Mary Leaky Girls, Thika High School, Limuru Girls, Senior Chief Koinange Girls, Upper Hill High, Machakos Girls among others.
For some KCSE papers, though, either the marking center or reporting dates are missing. For letters with reporting dates, examiners are required to arrive at the marking centers on the indicated dates by 2.00 pm.
KCSE 2021/2022 MARKING CENTRES.
Here are the marking centers for last year’s KCSE exams:
| SUBJECT | CODE | MARKING CENTRE | REPORTING DATE |
| English paper 1 | 101/1 | Mang’u High School | 21/04/2021 |
| English paper 2 | 101/2 | Maryhill Girls | 26/04/2021 |
| English paper 3 | 101/3 | State House Girls | . |
| Kiswahili Paper 1 | 102/1 | Sunshine High | . |
| Kiswahili Paper 2 | 102/2 | Moi Forces Academy | . |
| Kiswahili Paper 3 | 102/3 | Alliance Girls High | 19/04/2021 |
| Maths Paper 1 | 121/1 | Lenana School | 21/04/2021 |
| Maths Paper 2 | 121/2 | . | . |
| Biology Paper 1 | 231/1 | . | . |
| Biology Paper 2 | 231/2 | St. Georges Girls | . |
| Biology Paper 3 | 231/3 | Buruburu Girls | . |
| Physics Paper 1 | 232/1 | Moi Isinya | 26/04/2021 |
| Physics Paper 2 | 232/2 | Loreto Kiambu Girls High | 26/04/2021 |
| Physics Paper 3 | 232/3 | Murang’a TTC | 26/04/2021 |
| Chemistry Paper 1 | 233/1 | . | 21/04/2021 |
| Chemistry Paper 2 | 233/2 | . | 21/04/2021 |
| Chemistry Paper 3 | 233/3 | . | . |
| History Paper 1 | 311/1 | Ngara Girls High | 21/04/2021 |
| History Paper 2 | 311/2 | Starehe Boys | . |
| Geography Paper 1 | 312/1 | Mary Leakey Girls | 26/04/2021 |
| Geography Paper 2 | 312/2 | Thika High School | . |
| CRE Paper 1 | 313/1 | Limuru Girls | . |
| CRE Paper 2 | 313/2 | Loreto Girls Limuru | 26/04/2021 |
| Agriculture Paper 1 | 443/1 | . | . |
| Agriculture Paper 2 | 443/2 | Senior Chief Koinange Girls | . |
| Computer Studies Paper 1 | 451/1 | UpperHill High | 28/04/2021 |
| Computer Studies Paper 2 | 451/2 | . | . |
| Business Studies Paper 1 | 565/1 | Machakos Girls | 26/04/2021 |
| Business Studies Paper 2 | 565/2 | . | . |
KNEC said the number of candidates sitting the KCPE examinations has increased by 34,085 compared to last year. Additional 78,424 candidates have also been registered to sit the KCSE examinations, according to KNEC data.
According to the KNEC report, a total of 479 containers will be used to store examination materials.
How to access the list KNEC Contracted Professionals list
Log onto the KNEC contracted portal by using the official address; https://cp2.knec.ac.ke
Enter the User Name (Starting with KCSE Centre code) and password (Specific to each center and held by the center manager).
Next, input the approximate distance between the center/ school and the exam distribution center
Then log onto the center’s account.
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