By HENRY NYARORA and Mutiso Mbithi newsdesk@ke.nationmedia.com
Posted Sunday, January 1 2012 at 22:00
Posted Sunday, January 1 2012 at 22:00
IN SUMMARY
- Unions push for naming and arrest of those behind the leakage of Standard Eight examinations
Teachers have demanded naming of those behind the Standard Eight examination leakages that led to the cancellation of results for 7,900 pupils.
Kenya Union of Post-Primary Education Teachers assistant secretary-general Lewis Nyakweba and Kenya National Union of Teachers’ Nyamira branch executive secretary Julius Matwere threatened to take legal action against the Kenya National Examinations Council (Knec) over the leakages.
“We are going to stage demonstrations against Knec for cancelling results of many children in the country without explaining who was responsible and how examination question papers leaked from its custody,” Mr Nyakweba said.
The officials made the remarks at Nyabite village during the burial of Mrs Christine Kemunto Obiero, who was a teacher at Kemasare Primary School in Nyamira South District.
They accused Knec of being responsible for the trauma the pupils whose results were cancelled due to the leakages are going through.
“We urge all our teachers to get prepared and support us for any action we intend to take against Knec over the cancellation of KCPE (Kenya Certificate of Primary Education) results of some of our pupils,” said Mr Matwere.
Knec cancelled Standard Eight results for 22 schools, mainly private academies in Nyamira County that were allegedly involved in examination irregularities.
Mr Stanslaus Misati and Mr David Nyamasege, the director and headmaster of St George’s Academy respectively, which topped in Nyamira South District in the examinations, urged school authorities to encourage candidates to use the knowledge they had learnt and avoid cheating.
The school was placed second in Nyamira County, after St Kagwa Primary School in Borabu District, which produced the top candidate in the area, Leyzer Mabmara Abunga who scored 434 marks.
“We believe in hard work, not tricks. The secret of our success is to give our children the required textbooks and teachers completing syllabuses in the second term to enable them to revise in third term,” Mr Misati said.
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