By Ben Leshau
Teachers’ unions in Narok County have defended teachers over the poor 2017 Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE), saying lack of motivation and allowances was to blame.
The teachers’ unions led by Kenya Union of Post Primary Education Teachers (KUPPET) Executive Secretary Charles Ng’eno and his Kenya National Union of Teachers (KNUT) counterpart Paul Lepore said lack of hardship allowances was part of the reasons for the poor exam results.
“We are under-staffed in our secondary schools. We need an affirmative action over inadequate teachers on our schools. Teacher-student ratio is very low to an extent that some schools have only one TSC employed teacher”, said Ng’eno.
The Kuppet official also attributed the poor results in the county to low morale among teachers.
Area Governor Samuel Tunai who was dismayed by the poor performance admonished all the education stakeholders and called for a radical surgery to restore the deteriorating academic performance in the county.
