Officials from the Kenya Union of Post Primary Teachers (KUPPET) have called on the government to increase the supervision allowances amid the Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) examinations.
Speaking on Wednesday, October 30, in Kisii County, the teachers demanded that their daily pay in the exercise be increased from the current Ksh600 to Ksh6,000.
KUPPET Kisii Branch General Secretary Joseph Abincha stated that teachers were not going to be used to offer free services.
''We are telling the government that teachers who are invigilating and supervising are underpaid. A supervisor is paid Ksh600 per day, which is less than the money paid to somebody who works as a handyman in a construction site.
"We are telling the government, we are not telling the Kenya National Examinations Council (KNEC), that the teachers are not going to be used to give free services,’’ Abincha remarked.
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The teachers further decried the Social Health Authority (SHA) deductions, claiming that their medical allowance was taken away.
"Teachers are not happy with the 2.75% deduction towards SHA because our teachers lost medical allowance. They don't expect again to have another deduction made on their payslip because the medical allowance was taken away," Kuppet Secretary for Secondary School Education Edward Obwocha stated.
Their remarks come as the national examinations continue country after commencement on Tuesday, October 22.
However, the main papers in the examinations will begin on Monday, November 4.
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