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Exam: 36 Teachers Sent Home
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- Published on Tuesday, 17 July 2007 00:11
It is alleged that they did not stop cheating by more than 500 candidates until it was detected by the National Examinations Council.
Their suspension letters say: "You are hereby interdicted until you show cause why you should not be disciplined for failing in your duties as an examination invigilator."
Yesterday, Kisii deputy district education officer Simi Cheshari said: "Some teachers have come to us to report receipt of the interdiction letters, but details of each case are contained in the letter sent directly to each affected teacher."
Nyanza Province to which the districts belong, topped in the 2004 exam anomalies, with Kisii, Gucha and Nyamira leading nationally.
But area MPs Jimmy Angwenyi, Joel Onyancha and Stephen Manoti and the Kenya National Union of Teachers (Knut) branches criticised the Teachers Service Commission for the action.
Kisii Knut chairman Geoffrey Mogire and secretary David Mokamba said the punishment was not justified, arguing that investigations ordered by Education minister George Saitoti were still on.
The officials demanded in a protest letter to TSC that, in future, the exam council hire examination officials who are
"KNEC should henceforth be hiring its own officials to man the exams," Mr Mogire said. "Teachers have suffered enough for leakages which seem to emanate from KNEC itself."
The MPs asked Prof Saitoti to rescind the interdictions until appeals lodged by the affected schools and candidates were heard and determined.
"It is wrong to interdict the teachers while investigations are still on, on what really happened during the examination time," said Mr Onyancha, who represents Bomachoge.
