Saint Cecilia Chepareria Girls braved the heavy downpour to walk from Chepareria town to the Teachers Service Commission (TSC) Director’s Office, which is 20 kilometres away, to voice their concerns.
“This is the second time we are coming to voice our challenges since the first time there was no action by the school administration, but now we are coming here for the last time, we just don’t know what students will resort to if our complaints fall on deaf ears,” said the students..
“We started our journey at 3am braved darkness, heavy rains, Kamatira Forest, and distance so that we can come face to face with the agents of the teachers’ employer, whom we believe will respond to our issues.”
One of the learners who identified herself as Jane asked,” Our principal comes to class and addresses our teachers disrespectfully as if she owns the whole world; we can’t allow such dehumanising treatment to our teachers.”
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Additionally, “we have school workers in our institution, some of whom are likely to be the age mates of our grandfathers and grandmothers, who are equally addressed like little kids in front of us, this is completely unacceptable in our world today,” hey thundered.
“We have never taken a full paper that reflects KCSE, we only do very brief continuous assessment tests, which may not help us much as we prepare for the exams, ” they stated.
“The principal has time and again stated that co-curricular activities like music and sports are of no value since they are a waste of school resources like time and money”
The irritated learners also stated that during science symposia, they are asked to pay money for food and facilitation, which they considered unfair.
By Khamati Muhalya
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