A sigh of relief swept St. Gabriel Isongo Secondary School in Mumias East after new teachers posted to the institution by TSC reported this morning, throwing the school into wild celebrations in song and dance.
Nine of the 17 new teachers led by the new principal Benard Akharunda Simon arrived on Wednesday.
Akharunda confirmed today that all the 17 tutors have reported and will join another nine employed by the Board of Management (BoM).
He said they immediately embarked on stabilizing the school on Wednesday, with available teachers taking students through class work.
On the same day, 120 Form One students reported to raise the school population to above 200.
“We are ready to serve the child. We cannot allow Isongo to go down. We are up to the task. Things will be back to normal by the end of the week. I encourage parents to trust us and bring their kids to this school,” Akharunda said.
The new principal, a Mathematics and Physics teacher, joins Isongo from St. Brigid’s Siumbwa Secondary in Bungoma County.
He has previously taught at St. Ignatius Mukumu Boys High School where he earned his promotion to Deputy Principal, St. Peter’s Mumias Boys where he was ranked the best teacher in 2010, and at St. Patrick’s Ikonyero Secondary.
Learning at Isongo had remained paralysed after the government withdrew all 17 teachers following a forceful ejection of the institution’s parincipal.
Rowdy parents and other members of the public stormed the school and attacked the principal and his deputy to protest the dismal performance in the last year’s KCSE examinations.
David Wafula and his deputy Alfred Kutindi, alongside 15 other teachers, have since been transferred to other schools for security reasons.
By Denis Lumiti
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