{UAH} FOR LONG I HAVE ALSO HAD RESERAVTIONS UGANDA PUBLIC SCHOOLS ARE BEING UNDERSERVED

Kenya: Private Schools, KNUT Differ on Remarking of KCSE Exams

 

Photo: Jeff Angote/Daily Nation

Kenya National Union of Teachers Secretary-General Wilson Sossion (right) during a press conference (file photo)

By Dennis Odunga

Kenya Private Schools Association has differed with teachers' unions who have been calling for remarking of last year's Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) examinations, saying the proposal is premature and ill-advised.

Knut Secretary General Wilson Sossion has said the CS ignored internationally accepted standards for processing examinations as he focused on eliminating cheating cases.

But Mr Ndoro said private schools are satisfied that Dr Matiang'i had managed to stop examination malpractices risked diluting the quality of education.

FAIR SELECTION

He said they were satisfied with the manner Form One selection was carried out. He said this was a fair process to all the students irrespective of whether they learnt in a public or private schools.

Mr Ndoro faulted a system adopted in the previous years where candidates from public schools were given priority to join better schools, saying it discriminatory and unconstitutional.He wondered why the government should punish a top performer simply because he comes from a private school yet secondary schools have also been categorised based on the kind of infrastructures they have.

"We want the guidelines for form one selection adopted for this year to be summed up in a document for posterity, in order to have a predictable selection in future," Mr Ndoro said.

He said selection of students, just like grading should be based on performance and not the school one attended, given that the students sit for similar examinations.Private schools have been performing better than public schools over the years largely due to a lean student to teacher ratio and advanced facilities that enhance learning.

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