KCSE Marking Disrupted as Teachers Down Tools Over Delayed Allowances

A section of Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) examiners have now downed their tools over unpaid allowances during the examination marking.

More than 800 examiners, who were marking the English paper 2 exams at  Mary Hills Girls' High School, held demonstrations on Sunday, December 1, to demand their pay.

The examiners, who started the marking of the national examination three weeks ago, claim that the government has yet to pay their coordination allowance.

The examiners have stated that they will not participate in the marking process until the government pays them their dues.

According to the examiners, the government was supposed to pay them a total of Ksh5000 in coordination allowances.

Examiners claim they were not paid allowances despite being required by the government to pay them within five days of starting to mark.

The KCSE 2025 marking is scheduled to run until Monday, December 15.

Last month the Ministry of Education confirmed that the KCSE results would be issued  in January 2026.

A total of 996,078 candidates sat the Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) exams, marking one of the largest KCSE cohorts in recent years.