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Kenya: KCSE Examiners Finally Get Their Final Payment

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Teachers who marked the Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) examinations have received their final payments, ending a four months long wait.

Examiners who spoke to the Nation said they received the money yesterday.

The teachers had complained about the delay, forcing their union to call for a boycott of future marking and the adoption of a policy to guide their services to other government agencies.

The delay also attracted the attention of the National Assembly. On Tuesday morning, Education Cabinet Secretary George Magoha assured members of the Education Committee that Sh773,984,107 the Kenya National Examinations Council (Knec) owed teachers would be disbursed by Wednesday.

“The reconciliation of the 2020 KCSE examiners script fees has been completed and the total amount payable is Sh1,025,235,307. So far, over Sh500 million has been paid,” Prof Magoha said.

He was responding to a question from Bomet Central MP Ronald Tonui, who sought to know when the teachers would be paid.

The teachers had been given an advance payment of Sh10,000 upon completing the marking. They used to receive Sh20,000.

Prof Magoha also disclosed that the rates paid per script will be reviewed next year “subject to the availability of funds”. The last review was in 2019. During marking, examiners at some centres staged go-slows agitating for higher payments.

Examiners are usually paid for the number of scripts they mark. The rates differ from subject to subject and Knec sets the minimum and maximum number of scripts a teacher can mark.