KNEC releases new rules for recruiting KCSE supervisors and invigilators for 2024.
The Kenya National Examination Council (KNEC) has made changes to how supervisors and invigilators are hired for this year’s Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) tests. The goal is to make the exam process more open and accountable.
KNEC now makes all leaders, invigilators, and center managers say if they have any personal or financial ties to the test centers they are assigned to.
With this new rule, the national exams will not be overseen by anyone who might have a conflict of interest.
This is the first time that only high school teachers will be able to be both managers and invigilators.
In the past, managers were high school teachers and invigilators were from elementary schools.
To manage the national exams and assessments, everyone chosen for these jobs has to be registered in the KNEC’s CP2 system, and this is also how their claims will be handled.
Additionally, supervisors and invigilators will not be sent to the same testing center for the whole exam time.
A rotation method has been put in place by KNEC so that supervisors will be moved every week.
When their shift ends, they will have to write specific handover notes for the person who takes over for them.
In addition, no boss or invigilator will be sent to a center where they have worked for two years in a row.
In centers that serve students on the Stage-Based Pathway, the teachers will be watching over their own students.
Also, KNEC says that there must be one monitor for every ten kids.
The Kenya Integrated Learning Assessment (KILEA) centers will not have any bosses or center managers, though.
As the people in charge of running the test centers every day, center managers need to make sure that the leaders and invigilators assigned to their center show up to work every day and sign in.
In order to make the logistics of exam materials easier, hosted centers will have their own center managers. It will be the job of the hosting center manager to pick up and return test materials from the right containers.
To prevent recruitment challenges, sub-counties experiencing issues are encouraged to contact KNEC at si@knec.ac.ke for assistance.
These new directives come in the wake of KNEC’s ongoing efforts to curb exam irregularities and maintain the integrity of Kenya’s national examinations.
By rotating supervisors, requiring vested interest declarations, and strengthening accountability measures, KNEC hopes to ensure a more transparent and secure examination process in 2024.
KNEC releases new rules for recruiting KCSE supervisors and invigilators for 2024.
