Tuesday, January 16, 2024 - Education Cabinet Secretary Ezekiel Machogu has warned parents to stop storming schools to harass teachers over poor performance in national examinations.
This follows the
storming of the school in Kakamega by parents, led by area MP Peter Salasya,
and chasing away the school principal over poor results.
Machogu informed
all those found mistreating school administrators will face the full force of
the law.
He remarked that it
was wrong for parents and students to target school administrators since they
are just a cog in the education wheel and cannot be held solely responsible for
pupil and student performance in the Kenya Certificate of Primary Education
(KCPE) and Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE).
"We wish to
remind communities behind these regrettable attacks that learner achievement in
examinations is the reflection of the overall input from all stakeholders,
including parents, teachers, and candidates themselves," he stated.
The CS announced
similar future acts will be treated as acts of crime which will be dealt with
by the police.
He called upon
parents and students who were not satisfied with the 2023 KCPE& KCSE
results to report the matter through legal means for the relevant authorities
to take action.
Since the results
were announced last week, there have been increased cases of parents storming
schools to frog-march and harass the head teachers.
In some situations,
the parents closed down the school, barricading the roads and demanding the
resignation of the school head.
The Kenyan DAILY POST.
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