Dirty tricks teachers use to earn promotions-Parliament Report
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Parliament exposes dirty tricks teachers are employing to earn promotions by the Teachers Service Commission
Parliament exposes dirty tricks teachers are employing to earn promotions by the Teachers Service Commission.
On March 22, the National Assembly Committee on Education revealed strategies teachers were using to advance in their positions.
Members of Parliament who were looking into exam anomalies during the 2022 Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) discovered that the teachers were mostly responsible for the effort to cheat on national exams.
The Teachers Service Commission (TSC) advancement criteria contained a flaw that the teachers were abusing.
“TSC has been promoting teachers based on performance in national examinations.
“Many teachers are tempted to aid malpractices for their students to pass, and as a result, get their promotions,” the committee was told on the rising cases of exam irregularity.
The Parliament Committee on Education launched investigations into exam irregularities after some schools recorded a sharp increase in mean grades.
The investigations also turned up evidence that the placement of exam supervisors and invigilators was being influenced by schools.
They manipulated the system to get exam invigilators who would turn a blind eye while the teachers aided the students in doing their KCSE exams.
Rep. Jerusha Momanyi of Nyamira Women said the committee will establish the groundwork for drastic changes in how national examinations are run.
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The Lugari MP Nabwera Nabii agreed with Momanyi’s thoughts, saying, “The widespread feeling is that there is an issue with our examination management procedures.”
The revelation by the Committee came a day after they received a similar report from the Kenya Union of Post Primary School Teachers (KUPPET) Machakos branch.
“It appears that KNEC has not been able to manage examinations effectively in this country and has left their work to the Ministry of Education and Teachers Service Commission (TSC),” KUPPET remarked.
KUPPET remarked that schools should improve on a normal curve but not a sharp increase in grades.
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