Teachers working as examiners, supervisors and invigilators will now have a new payment structure as the Kenya National Examinations Council (Knec) has implemented a three per cent increment.
This was revealed by Knec which has also assured teachers that its working with the Treasury and Ministry of Education to fast-track payment of their dues.
“KNEC is aware of concerns regarding delayed payments owed to contracted professionals who served in the 2024 and 2025 examination cycles. We understand the frustration this has caused. Please be assured that your allowances and coordination fees are being processed as a priority, and every effort is being made to ensure all payments are settled in full as soon as possible,” read a statement by Knec.
“The Council, working closely with the Ministry of Education and the National Treasury, remains fully committed to ensuring that no eligible educator or contracted professional is left unpaid for services rendered. Continued communication will be provided through our official channels”.
The Kenya Union of Post Primary Education Teachers (Kuppet) has previously pushed for pay increment for teachers working as examiners.
Knec has revised upward amount payable to teachers who work as examiners, supervisors and invigilators.
“We have updated and increased the pay by 3% to better recognize your commitment and dedication. This increment applies to all eligible examiners, supervisors, and invigilators,” it said.
This means teachers will receive enhanced payment following these new changes.
Each year Knec contracts professionals who assist in the national exercise. They include teachers, drivers and security personnel.
There were a total of 77,600 teachers who worked as centre managers, supervisors and invigilators in the 2025 national exams and assessments.
Teachers manned the exams and assessments which included the Grade 6 Kenya Primary School Education Assessment (KPSEA), Grade 9 Kenya Junior School Education Assessment (KJSEA) and the form four Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE).
Though Knec does not pay for services rendered by teachers in exam centres, it reimburses transport fares after national exams are concluded, marked and results released to the public.
On 9th January, during the release of KCSE 2025 results, the Principal Secretary for Basic Education, Julius Bitok, assured early payment of dues to all contracted professionals.
“I want to assure all our stakeholders who participated in 2025 exams that we are working very closely with Treasury and their dues will be paid as soon as possible. We are working on that,” said Bitok amid applause.
KPSEA results which were the last assessment awaited to be released to allow payment to teachers are already out.
Knec has been under pressure yearly for delaying payment of invigilation dues to teachers.
In November last year the Kenya National Union of Teachers (Knut) secretary general, Collins Oyuu, warned against delays in paying teachers.
Oyuu asked Knec to pay teachers their dues by January warning that payment delays will not be tolerated.
Speaking from Opodo farm in Bondo during a condolence visit to the Odinga family, Oyuu said delayed payment demoralizes teachers who safeguard national exams.
“What they pay to teachers is not even allowance, is not even salary. What they pay is what we call honoraria. And Knec has a budget. Our big question is; Why delay paying teachers honoraria after sacrificing to do that work. Invigilating exams is not easy,” said Oyuu.
He called on Knec to start payment of exam invigilators immediately after conclusion of national exams.
Some teachers have previously complained to the Council after missing payment when payment of dues was done.
Knec says the delays are mostly due to data mismatches and documentation.
“Delays have in some cases been linked to data mismatches, documentation requirements (such as properly signed and stamped attendance registers), and verification processes necessary for accurate payment disbursement. We urge those affected to confirm that their details in the Contracted Professionals (CP2) system match their official identification and mobile money registration information to facilitate processing,” said Knec.
Knec has previously listed possible reasons why some teachers miss payment and the remedy for this.
Reason 1
Name mismatch: The CP2 name and M-Pesa name of the phone number provided do not match.
Solution
Create a new CP2 account with a registered Safaricom (M-Pesa) number matching your ID details.
Reason 2
Missing ID number or TSC/PF number
Solution
Login to the CP2 portal and update your details with the correct data.
Reason 3
Missing documentation (Attendance registers were not submitted or were submitted but lack official stamps and signatures).
Solution
Centre managers to download the attendance registers from the CP2 portal, verify the details, sign, stamp and submit them to the Sub-County Director of Education (SCDE), who will forward the updated documents to KNEC.
Reason 4
Contracted professionals who worked but were not deployed in the CP2 portal.
Solution
Contact your SCDE and register your query for onward submission to KNEC. Include the following: Year invigilated or supervised Exam invigilated or supervised Code of centre invigilated or supervised Name of officer Role in the exam/assessment centre, Safaricom M-pesa number that matches your ID details.
Reason 5
Slow response to KNEC requests for facilitation of data and/or late delivery of accurate and complete Contracted Professionals’ data.
Solution
KNEC processes complete and accurate data as it is received. Clean up your data and resend through the SCDE.
Knec revised upward the amount it pays its contracted professionals after protests from secondary school teachers.
Each invigilator and centre manager will get sh 550 per day as transport reimbursement while each supervisor will get sh 680 per day.
Below is amount each teacher was planned to get before the new 3% increment.
KPSEA INVIGILATORS
sh 550 per day for 3 days equals sh 1,680
KJSEA INVIGILATORS
sh 550 per day for 6 days equals sh 3,300
KPSEA & KJSEA SUPERVISORS
sh 680 per day for 6 days equals sh 4,080
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 KPSEA and KJSEA and KCSE
