The Kenya National Examinations Council (Knec) has revised the amount it will pay its contracted professionals this year.
Each invigilator and centre manager will get sh 550 per day as transport reimbursement while each supervisor will get sh 680 per day.
Contacted Professionals include teachers, drivers and security personnel. Teachers are contracted as Centre Managers, Supervisors and Invigilators.
Knec does not pay for services rendered by Centre Managers, Supervisors and Invigilators but pays for transport reimbursement.
In this years administration of national exams and assessments teachers will receive slightly different pay.
The changes follows demands from secondary school teachers for increased allowances to officiate the Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) examinations, which are scheduled to begin on October 22, 2024.
Through the Kenya Union of Post-Primary Education Teachers (Kuppet), the teachers asked for their out-of-workstation allowances to be raised by between 750 and 900 per cent.
In a letter to Education Cabinet Secretary Julius Ogamba, Kuppet Secretary-General Akello Misori proposed a new rate of Sh3,000 per day for invigilators, up from Sh400 per day (a 750 per cent rise).
The union wanted supervisors to be paid 3,500 per day from the Sh450 they are paid currently (a 778 per cent rise) and Sh4,500 for principals, who also act as examination centre managers during the examination period.
Currently, the principals are paid Sh500 per day and therefore this would translate to a 900 per cent increase.
“Our members have vowed to reject the current remuneration structure during the upcoming examinations. As the Cabinet secretary in charge of the Kenya National Examination’s Council (Knec) budget, we urge you to facilitate the council in compensating teachers as provided under the Human Resource Policies and Procedures Manual for the Public Service, which is the applicable benchmark across the government,” said Mr Misori in the letter.
KPSEA SUPERVISORS
sh 680 per day for 3 days equals sh 2,040
KPSEA INVIGILATORS
sh 550 per day for 3 days equals sh 1,680
KCSE SUPERVISORS
sh 680 per day for 16 days equals sh 10,880
KCSE INVIGILATORS
sh 550 per day for 16 days equals sh 8,800
CENTRE MANAGERS
sh 550 per day for both KPSEA and KCSE