- KNUT has urged education stakeholders to work together to improve academic performance in Kilifi.
- Poor infrastructure and delayed capitation remain major challenges in public schools.
- Parents have also been called upon to help address learner indiscipline and drug abuse.
Education stakeholders in Kilifi County have been urged to exercise a high degree of teamwork in a bid to improve both academic standards and national examination performance in schools across the region.
Speaking to Education News in his office in Malindi recently, the new Kenya National Union of Teachers (KNUT) Kilifi County Executive Secretary, Moses Mweni Mramba, said urgent measures should be taken by all education stakeholders to provide adequate physical learning facilities in schools.
“Availability of essential learning facilities in schools will enhance effective teaching and learning,” he said.
Mr Mramba, who also serves as the KNUT Executive Secretary for Malindi and Magarini sub-counties, lamented that many public schools in the region still lack adequate learning facilities.
He noted that the prevailing situation has contributed to poor performance in national examinations.
According to Mr Mramba, inadequate school infrastructure continues to undermine efforts to improve education standards.
“Lack of electricity remains a major challenge in many schools across the region,” he said.
He urged the government to allocate adequate funds for infrastructural development to provide a conducive learning environment for both learners and teachers.
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Mr Mramba also appealed to the government to expedite the disbursement of capitation funds to enable schools to operate efficiently and effectively.
At the same time, he called on parents to play a greater role in instilling discipline and moral values in their children to curb the destruction of school property.
“You are therefore duty-bound to instil discipline in your school-going children,” Mr Mramba told parents.
He also cautioned students against alcohol consumption and drug abuse, saying the vices contribute to poor academic performance in national examinations.
Mramba further urged all education stakeholders to work together in addressing indiscipline among learners in the region.
By Tsozungu Kombe
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