KNEC Pays Invigilators and Supervisors Who Manned Exams

KNEC Pays Invigilators and Supervisors Who Manned Exams

KNEC Pays Invigilators and Supervisors Who Manned Exams

Teachers who worked as exam invigilators, supervisors, and center managers during the 2023 national examinations and assessments are starting to get paid from the Kenya National Examinations Council (KNEC). Payments for these positions were made available on Wednesday, January 17. Some educators, particularly those in charge of the grade 6 KPSEA exams, are still waiting to be paid in spite of this initiative.

Every year, KNEC hires experts such as teachers, security guards, and drivers to help with the administration of national exams. test supervisors, invigilators, center managers, and test markers are all crucial jobs that teachers fulfill. A total of 234,473 educators took part in the national exam administration process in 2023, handling marking, invigilation, and supervision duties.

In 2023, 1,415,315 applicants took the Kenya Secondary School Education Assessment (KPSEA), while 1,282,574 candidates took the KCSE exams. In secondary school, 903,260 candidates also took the Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) exams.

Despite the public release of KCPE and KCSE results, KNEC has not provided clarity on the results for the millions of KPSEA candidates. In a departure from delays experienced in 2022, KNEC facilitated early payments to examiners who completed marking the KCPE English Sign Language Composition and Kiswahili Insha.

KNEC assigned deputy headteachers assistant center manager posts for the 2023 exams. KNEC made it clear that these deputy headteachers would not receive compensation, pointing out that they did not travel to test locations.