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.
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 .
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.