Number of Teachers to Supervise KCSE & KCPE Revealed

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The Teachers Service Commission (TSC) has revealed that 242,406 teachers have been delegated to supervise and mark the Kenya Certificate of Primary Education (KCPE) and the Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE).

The TSC Chief Executive Officer Dr Nancy Macharia revealed this via an address that involved multiple ministries at the Kenya School of Government on Friday, 18 February 2022. She added that the said teachers shall be assigned to the Kenya National Examinations Council (KNEC) and shall serve as either invigilators, supervisors, centre managers or as examiners.

“It is only the best teachers with no disciplinary issues will be identified as part of TSC’s determination to guarantee integrity in the administration of examinations,” said Dr Macharia.

The examiner’s CEO Dr Njeng’ere revealed that a total of 831,015 teachers will sit for the KCSE examination while a further 1,225,507 candidates have registered to sit for the KCPE examination.

The numbers represent an increase as compared to last year’s number of candidates sitting for the national examinations.

This year (2021) has seen an increase by thirty-three thousand, seven hundred and fifty-five candidates. In 2020 there were 1,191,752 candidates sitting for the KCPE.

For KCSE, a further 78,034 candidates will sit for the secondary examination. 752,981 candidates sat for the KCSE examination in 2020.

”KCPE centres will be served from 491 distribution centres, while KCSE centres will be served from 483 distribution centres,” said Njeng’ere.

This year the KCPE examination will be done between the 7th of March and the 9th of March while the KCSE examination will be done between the 28th of February and the 1st of April 2022.

However, despite a huge number of learners have registered for the national examinations, 12,416 candidates failed to sit for KCPE while 9,373 missed out on their KCSE examinations.

According to the Ministry of Education, this was because of the COVID-19 pandemic which may have directly or indirectly caused adolescent pregnancy and early marriage.