KCSE Examiners Decry Long Working Hours.
From Monday morning, KCSE-marking teachers have been reporting to their respective centers.
However, team leaders and subject coordinators had already submitted their reports one week earlier.
Teachers have been working on marking schemes for several subjects for over six days.
During the grading process, several teachers bemoaned the excessive hours of labor.
“Can we just work from 8 to 5 like any Kenyan does? Why do we have to work up to 10pm yet the pay is the same?” a teacher who sought anonymity told the Star.
The teacher requested that Knec examine the working hours or consider overtime pay for the additional hours.
“We are just supposed to work from 8-5. So they should give us overtime,” he said.
Another educator suggested that the grading rates should be increased.
He criticized the exams body for maintaining the same fees despite the changing economy.
“We can’t have the same amount of money being charged for all these years, we work for so long and need to be paid better,” she said.
For instance, Mangu High and Thika High are centers for marking multiple subjects, including English, Physics, and Mathematics.
Knec established new reporting dates for KCSE examiners beginning on January 2.
Coordination between the chief and assistant chief examiners was recorded on December 21.
The report date for subject team leaders was December 26.
Knec recalled all invitations to mark that had been published on their website.
This occurred due to teachers’ public outcry for an extension of KCSE reporting dates.
On Thursday, most teachers needed help downloading their invitation letters.
“The letter is unavailable at the moment, kindly check later. Copyright 2022. Kenya national examinations council,” a pop-up on the website reads.
KCSE Examiners Decry Long Working Hours.