By Kage Njoroge
The Kenya National Union of Teachers (KNUT) has strongly opposed some of the policies being implemented in the education sector by the government.
The union’s Deputy Secretary General Hezbon Otieno hit out at the policies, pointing out that they were punitive to teachers and learners, and would disrupt performance of the sector.
Otieno said the policies which include delocalization, teachers’ appraisal, teaching timelines, the proposed scrapping of boarding schools and disciplining mechanisms were detrimental to the sector.
He was speaking during the Murang’a North branch annual general meeting hosted by local Executive Secretary Roseline Njoki Kamina.
He noted the transfer of old teachers about to retire was psychologically punishing them and causing instability in families and marriages.
The unionist claimed Teacher Performance Appraisal and Development (TPAD) had reduced teachers to filling clerks wasting valuable time they could spend in teaching.
Otieno said the new set of teaching timelines from 8 am to 3.30 pm was not practical and is unrealistic to achieve target goals.
