KUPPET Demands TSC To Transfer Teachers Due to parents Attacks

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Kenya Union of Post-Primary Education Teachers (KUPPET) has now called for the  Teachers Service Commission (TSC) to effect transfer for teachers from schools experiencing threat of attacks from parents due to low  examination results.

Following the release of the national  examination Kenya Certificate of Primary Education (KCPE)and Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE), there has been some  instances of unrest.

Such unrests have arisen more especially following parents, local leaders, and even students who have been witnessed  to have forcefully entered schools in protest against low performance in the 2023 national examinations.

Those who have been seen demonstrating are now demanding the removal of the respective school heads.

However , according to the Kenya Union  of Post Primary Teachers (KUPPET) Chairman ,mr.Omboko Milemba who spoke on Wednesday , expressed his regret for such actions referring them  disrespectful.

Milemba indicated  that the KUPPET union  has communicated with the the commission  TSC which has thus requesting the transfer of teachers from the affected institutions.

Milemba declared that they  have asked the TSC to withdraw teachers from these schools. He added that teachers must be respected.

Milemba added that teachers are adding value to the students yet they are harassing them and joining parents to chase them around.

The union chair asked chair asked parents to set realistic expectations for their schools which are based on the academic performance of admitted students.

Milemba categorically stated that there is no learning that will take place in such  institutions until discussions take place between local leaders, parents as well as  students.

The most latest incident was witnessed when infuriated parents who were in the  company of their area MP Peter Salasya,who entered St Gabriel Isongo Secondary School in Kakamega,when they  demanded  the removal of the principal .

A mathematics teacher in class

A mathematics teacher in class; image/ courtesy

The principal was accused of neglecting the school’s academic standards lowering them .

Narok County also experienced a similar case where Keyian residents protested at Olereko Mixed Secondary where  they expressed  dissatisfaction with what they indicated  to be consistently poor performance.

Specifically in this school, the community protested  after the school recorded a mean grade of 1.5 points in the 2023 KCSE exam.

In his reaction to such acts , hon Ezekiel Machogu Education Cabinet Secretary Ezekiel Machogu has condemned the attacks.

The cs has said that such trend suggests a perception that the burden of poor examination performance should fall exclusively on teachers, particularly the head of the institution, which should not be the case.

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