Kuppet Kisumu County Chairman Zablon Awange at a past event. [Photo|NMG]
The Kenya Union of Post Primary Education Teachers (Kuppet) has demanded that the Kenya National Examinations Council decentralises KCSE exam marking centres as before.
Kuppet Kisumu County Chairman Zablon Awange says that the concentration of KCSE exam marking centres in Central is political.
Awange said Western Kenya centres such as Kisumu Polytechnic, St Mary’s School, Yala, Mukumu Girls’ High, Kakamega Boys, Sigalagala, Lugulu and Moi Girls, Eldoret, were last year abolished in favour of Murang’a, Kiambu and Nairobi.
This year's KCSE marking will take place in Nairobi, Murang’a, Kiambu and Limuru.
"It was political and we demand that Knec decentralises the centres as before. Most examiners fear for their safety in case political tension escalates," he told the Star on Wednesday.
He also said examiners from Central get undue advantage in case of a crisis in the transport sector.
KCSE Form Four candidates are expected to pen their final papers by the close of this week.