By Michael Oduor
Teachers Service Commission (TSC) Chief Executive Officer Dr. Nancy Macharia on Monday stated that they had deployed 70,486 teachers countrywide to take up roles of center managers, supervisors, invigilators and examiners; calling upon all stakeholders to focus on delivering credible examinations.
Speaking in Nakuru when she supervised the launch of distribution of
KCSE examination papers, Macharia assured parents, students and
other education stakeholders that adequate plans have been put in place
by a multi-agency team to ensure that examinations run smoothly.
“It is the duty of security personnel, centre managers, supervisors
and invigilators to ensure that malpractices do not interfere with the
credibility of the exams. Unless situations dictate, examinations must
be transported using government vehicles in the presence of at least one
police officer,” said Macharia.
According to the TSC boss, only Deputy County Commissioners (DCCs) and
Assistant County Commissioners (ACCs) are involved in the daily opening
and closing of the examination containers in their respective
jurisdictions which follow the guidelines and directives from the
Ministry of Education.
Dr. Macharia cleared the air on the fear of leakage, saying that all
examination materials are safe and no candidate will have unfair
advantage over the rest during the test.
She affirmed that the Commission was confident and that it will remain
on the right trajectory to finding the winning formula that will ensure
learning institutions are safe for learners and teachers as the normal
school calendar is restored.
According to her, the normal school calendar will resume in January 2023
when the crash the programme announced by the Ministry of Education in 2020 to recover time lost to the Covid-19 outbreak comes to an end.
A total of 831,015 students are sitting for their KCSE exam in 10,413
centres across the country
The candidates concluded project exams in January 2022 which began in
July 2021. Theory tests that began on Monday, March 14, will end on
Friday, April 1, 2022.
On his part, Treasury and Planning Chief Administrative Secretary Mr.
Eric Wafukho stated that the government was constructing 541 classrooms
in Nakuru County in preparation for transition of learners from primary
to junior secondary schools in compliance with the ongoing roll out of
CBC at a cost of Sh426.3 million.
He added that the Ministry of Education is working jointly with the
Ministry of Interior and the National Treasury to establish a framework
for the construction of the classrooms in 322 selected secondary schools
to provide the additional learning space required for over 54,000 new
students set to join junior secondary within the devolved unit.
CBC pioneer learners will join junior secondary school in 2023 after
sitting the Grade Six national examinations as the present Class Seven
learners under the 8-4-4 system joins Form One after sitting KCPE
examinations.
“Our working definition of a stranger is anybody who is not a
candidate, centre manager, supervisor, security officer or an education
officer. Let us act firmly in the interest of our children, anyone who
breaches any aspect of examination will be apprehended,” County
Commissioner Erastus Mbui explained as he warned strangers against
setting their foot in or near examination centers.
Examination materials will be kept in 22 containers set up in the
sub-counties under the management of sub-county commissioners and sub-
county education officers.
He assured candidates that arrangements were made and that transportation of examination papers, invigilators, supervisors and security personnel will be done on time.
“We will arrest any individual possessing or purporting to have
examination materials before scheduled time,” warned Mbui.
