KNUT decries exam delays in Bomet as teachers endure long travel
By Emmanuel Rono, October 27, 2025Bomet Branch Executive Secretary of the Kenya National Union of Teachers (KNUT), Desmond Langat, has expressed profound dissatisfaction over a case in Bomet County where a center manager had to travel for more than three hours to collect exams for the Kenya Primary School Education Assessment (KPSEA) and Kenya Junior School Education Assessment (KJSEA) that began on Monday, October 27, 2025.
According to Langat, Konoin Sub-County of Bomet County has only one container at Mogogosiek, which serves the entire sub-county.
Speaking to the media at his office in Bomet Town after day one of the examinations, Langat said the teachers are facing many challenges during this examination period as they are expected to travel long distances for collection.
“In Bomet, we managed to collect the exams from the containers on time, except for one serious case in Konoin Sub-County, where we had only one container in Mogogosiek. This made the centre manager travel for three hours to collect the assessments for the learners,” Langat said.
He said that some of the examination centres took a long time to receive the assessments, with a number of them starting past the designated time.
He noted that it was not fair for the Konoin teachers and learners because of the long distances and poor topography.
“Some of the examination centres in Konoin took a long to receive the papers due to the long distances to the containers at the far end of Mogogosiek, combined with poor topography. This was not fair for the teachers and the learners,” Langat said.
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The Executive Secretary appealed to the examination council and relevant authorities to add more containers in the sub-county to address delays.
“I am appealing to the examination council to add another container at the Kimulot Division in Konoin so that such delays in the future will not be witnessed,” Langat added.
The containers storing examination materials are expected to open at 6:00 a.m. for KPSEA and KJSEA, and at 7:00 a.m. for KCSE this year.
In Bomet County, learners began their assessments well, with two learners being assisted in special cases.
In Chepalungu Sub-County, one learner who was involved in an accident successfully did the assessment at Tenwek Mission Hospital, while another who delivered at Longisa County Referral Hospital was assisted to sit for the paper at the hospital.
“We received two special cases in Bomet during our first day of the assessment. One student was involved in an accident, and the other delivered successfully at Longisa Mission Hospital,” Langat said.
He added, “We appreciate all the efforts from our teachers who made this possible by assisting the learners to submit their first assessment exams.”
Kenya’s ongoing shift from the 8-4-4 system to the Competency-Based Curriculum (CBC) continues this year with a series of national exams.
The KPSEA and KJSEA exams are scheduled to begin after the KCSE, which started on Tuesday, October 21, 2025.
Specifically, the KPSEA exams will run from Monday, October 27, 2025, to Wednesday, October 29, 2025, while the KJSEA exams will be conducted from Monday, October 27, 2025, to Monday, November 3, 2025.