By Enock Okong’o
Kisii South County Quality Assurance and Standards Officer Fredrick Odeyo has asked principals and their teachers to view education officers doing routine inspections of schools as friendly policy implementers whose work is to correct and encourage them in the field.
Speaking when he led a delegation of education officers for routine inspections of schools in Kenyenya Sub County, Odeyo expressed concern that some teachers do not use lesson plans and schemes of work as their tools of learning.
The officer reminded principals to encourage the heads of department to develop their own internal mission, vision and values to guide them in achieving quality education within the umbrella of the main institution.
“I would like to see heads of department in our schools have their own ‘colleagues’ within the main school aimed at academic perfection,” advised the Odeyo.
Odeyo added that the ministry will continue working closely with teachers to support and help them cope with the ever evolving trends in the education sector.
‘Teachers play a very critical role in shaping the lives of children in this country. We therefore promise to walk with them to achieve their goals in this noble mission,’ he said.
He asked teachers to treat their learners with love and empathy.
‘Each child has their own unique way of development. I urge teachers to devise ways of meeting the peculiarity of each individual.” He advised.
He also urged principals and their teachers to work hand in hand with parents and the community for harmonious development of their schools.
‘Teachers should observe their way of dressing and be neat in order to create a sense of respect and order from the learners,’ the officer asked.
He asked all teachers and learners to use the education they have acquired to adapt to the changing circumstances for survival.
He asked institutions to learn to live and fight the Covid-19 pandemic by observing all the health protocals as required by the ministry of health.
During the week long education routine monitoring, the officers visited almost all of the 45 secondary schools in Kenyenya in Sub-county.
The team challenged the principal of Kenyenya secondary school and the school management committee to complete the construction of a multipurpose hall which might help in hosting surrounding schools during extra curriculum activities and academic events.
The team lauded the management of Kebabe secondary school which they said had made tremendous improvement of the school’s infrastructure in spite of its deep rural setting.
