KCSE candidates will begin their practical exams on Monday amid threats by KUPPET to disrupt the exercise over pay grievances.
The candidates held rehearsals on Friday last week in readiness for the exams. Theory tests will begin on Monday, March 14, and end on Friday, April 1.
The candidates concluded project exams in January that started in July 2021. They are Art and design, Agriculture, Woodwork, Metalwork, Building construction and Computer Studies.
Education Cabinet Secretary George Magoha on Friday assured that the remaining exams will go on smoothly despite a strike threat by teachers over a salary dispute.
The Kenya Union of Post Primary Education Teachers (KUPPET) on Friday issued a seven-day strike notice to push for the reopening of salary negotiations.
“The union is left with no option but to convene our organs to explore all avenues open to us and guide our members in their quest for a salary increment,” KUPPET secretary-general Akello Misori said during a press conference.
He said the union will give the way forward on Thursday and warned that failure for the Teachers Service Commission to reopen pay negotiations will result in industrial action.
The group wants a 30-70 per cent commuter allowance increment for the lowest and highest paid teachers; from Sh5,000 to Sh8,500 and from Sh16,000 to Sh20,800, respectively.
Magoha, however, asked the union to suspend the strike until after the national exams are over.