Story of Examiner who has marked KCPE Since 1985.
Story of Examiner who has marked KCPE Since 1985; Waswa Thomas Omuhaka, has been recognised by Education Cabinet Secretary (CS) Ezekiel Machogu for his role in perfecting the outgoing primary education curriculum.
He’s among two teachers namely ; Esther Gatonye and one Rev. Micheni who have been the longest serving Examiners.
62-year-old Omuhaka marked the inaugural 1985 KCPE English paper at the age of 22 years while employed as a language teacher at Makunga Primary School.
He told the media,”I am very happy today to have been awarded the certificate and recognition as a chief examiner in this paper. I was there in 1985 marking examinations as a young man and I am very happy that I am ending it in 2023, 38 years down the line.”
Notably, He reminisced the revisited the pros and con of the nearly four-decade-old primary education curriculum saying that the competence based curriculum( CBC) will be the best the students ever had.
He stated,”In the previous 8-4-4 system the initial seven subjects were the best because children learnt how to do brickwork, pottery and many other things but when the system was changed to academic that’s when the problem arose.”
“Let’s leave CBC the way it is. The 8-4-4 system was examination-oriented. It was for job seekers, CBC is for job creators. We are all winners in CBC,” he added.
On her part, Miss. Esther expressed her gratitude for the given opportunity in marking special needs exams over the years.
She stated,”I have been marking KCPE papers for pupils with special needs, specifically those doing sign language and I have marked English compositions and Kiswahili inshas in both print and braille. I would like to thank KNEC for considering the pupils with special needs and for finding them qualified teachers to help them get a decent education.”
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