A proposal to disband the Kenya National Examinations Council over claims of failure in its mandate to safeguard the KCSE exams has continued to elicit a heated a debate in the country.
After Kibra MP Ken Okoth made clear of his support for a motion filed by Mbooni MP Kisoi Munyao seeking the disbandment of the council, Kibera teachers have also aired their opinions on the same.
Speaking to this reporter on Wednesday, Silver Springs Secondary School deputy head teacher Peter Rich supported the idea of scraping away Knec so as to reclaim the credibility of national examinations.
“I think it is high time Knec is disbanded and we have new officials taking over because things are not right. The council has shown laxity in executing its mandate and that is why there are massive exam irregularities this year,” said Rich.
“The results are not going to give the true potential of the students and that may impact negatively on their future. We should not blame the police because the exams come from Knec and it is its officials that leak the exams,” claimed Rich.
Star Rays Secondary School deputy principal Oscar Owino supported the proposal of sending the exams body parking while embracing the system of progressive reports.
“An examination leakage is nothing but a failure of the examinations council. The materials can only reach the students once leaked by the officials of that council; we should have a new team to carry on or we shift to the system of evaluation based on accumulated progressive reports of the students,” opined Owino.
On the contrary, Daniel Oguma, deputy principal of Nairobi Day High School proposed that the surest way of dealing with the issue of examination irregularities is to conduct proper investigations to expose those behind the deal.
“Disbanding Knec is not the solution to this problem. It would be in order if those individuals behind the leakages especially within the council are identified and brought to book so as to serve as examples to the rest,” cited Oguma.