Migori 學校反對合併參加 KPSEA 考試的學習者的考試中心

米戈里縣的部分學校反對政府為參加肯亞小學教育評估 (KPSEA) 考試的學生人數少於 30 人的學校合併考試中心的提議。

A section of schools in Migori County have opposed proposals by the government to merge examination centres for schools with less than 30 learners sitting the Kenya Primary School Education Assessment (KPSEA) exams.

米戈里縣的部分學校反對政府為參加肯亞小學教育評估 (KPSEA) 考試的學生人數少於 30 人的學校合併考試中心的提議。

Led by their headteachers and directors, the schools argued that some of the centres where they were merged are far away and will give learners a hard time sitting for the exams scheduled to start next week.

在校長和主任的帶領下，這些學校辯稱，合併後的一些中心距離很遠，這會讓學生很難參加定於下週開始的考試。

The school headteachers claimed that this would also affect learners’ performance and would force parents and schools to dig deep into their pockets to foot extra expenses that came with the merging.

學校校長聲稱，這也會影響學生的表現，並迫使家長和學校掏腰包支付合併帶來的額外費用。

Ruphine Oloo, a headteacher at Rose Hill School which has 22 candidates that are going to sit for the KEPSEA exams, said their learners would be required to go to another school which she claimed is far.

Rose Hill 學校的校長 Ruphine Oloo 表示，該學校有 22 名考生將參加 KEPSEA 考試，她表示，他們的學生將被要求去另一所她聲稱距離很遠的學校。

“The distance is too far from the school and merging them at one place before transporting them to the examination centre is going to be a challenge. This would also mean that the school and parents spend extra,” Ms Oloo said.

「距離學校太遠，在將他們運送到考試中心之前將他們合併到一個地方將是一個挑戰。這也意味著學校和家長要花費額外的費用，」奧盧女士說。

According to the school heads and directors, a sudden change of environment would shock the learners who they claimed might end up performing poorly.

學校校長和主任表示，環境的突然變化會讓學生感到震驚，他們聲稱最終可能會表現不佳。

“Learners are used to doing their examinations here and this is the first time we are being asked to take our learners to another examination centre. It is also a rainy season, and we don't know how it is going to be,” Mrs Rose Misori, a school director said.

「學習者習慣在這裡進行考試，這是我們第一次被要求將學習者帶到另一個考試中心。現在也是雨季，我們不知道情況會怎樣，」學校校長 Rose Misori 女士說。

Their sentiments come at a time when the Kenya National Examination Council (KNEC) had issued a directive that primary and secondary schools with less than 30 candidates would not be registered as examination centres.

他們表達這一觀點之際，肯亞國家考試委員會（KNEC）發布了一項指令，規定考生人數少於 30 人的中小學不得註冊為考試中心。

Martin Awino, a director for Matoso Comprehensive School in Muhuru, Nyatike Sub-County said schools in remote areas would suffer the most as they were far apart.

尼亞蒂克縣穆胡魯馬托索綜合學校校長馬丁·阿維諾 (Martin Awino) 表示，偏遠地區的學校因相距較遠而受到的影響最大。

“It would be more tiresome for learners having to trek long distances to reach examination centres,” Mr Awino said.

「對於必須長途跋涉到達考試中心的學習者來說，這會更累人，」阿維諾先生說。

Additionally, school heads pleaded with the government to treat children from both private and public schools equally.

此外，學校校長懇求政府平等對待私立學校和公立學校的孩子。

“All children belong to Kenya. You cannot say this is a private child and that one is a public child. They all belong to the government and hence need equal treatment,” Chilla Maxwell, a head teacher at Goldfields School said.

「所有兒童都屬於肯亞。你不能說這個是私人孩子，那個是公共孩子。他們都屬於政府，因此需要平等對待，」金礦學校的校長奇拉·麥克斯韋爾說。

He said they felt discriminated against when it came to government capitation to schools and distribution of books.

他說，在政府向學校按人頭付費和分發書籍方面，他們感到受到了歧視。

Moreover, school representatives asked the government to address challenges which included inadequate resources in schools that made them struggle to keep up with the syllabus and prepare for KEPSEA examinations.

此外，學校代表要求政府解決一些挑戰，包括學校資源不足，導致他們難以跟上教學大綱並準備 KEPSEA 考試。

Henry Okeyo who is a teacher at Othora Comprehensive School in Nyatike Sub-County said the learning digital gadgets that were brought to the school are not enough.

尼亞蒂克縣奧索拉綜合學校的老師亨利·奧克約 (Henry Okeyo) 表示，帶到學校的學習數位產品還不夠。

“This made learning very difficult. They were brought according to the number of learners that were there and now the population has increased,” Okeyo said.

「這讓學習變得非常困難。他們是根據那裡的學習者人數帶來的，現在人數已經增加了，」奧克約說。