The Kenya National Union of Teachers (KNUT) Kipkelion Branch has called for the hiring of chaplains in schools so as to help instil discipline among learners.
The branch Executive Secretary David Bore, while speaking during the union’s annual general meeting (AGM) recently, said that the hiring of chaplains is the only way to ensure students behave well since caning is no longer allowed in schools.
“The important thing now is guidance and counselling. This is why as a union, we have been pushing for the hiring of chaplains in schools so that they can provide that missing link in terms of maintenance of law and order,” he noted.
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“We know that caning is outlawed under the Child Act and amending this is difficult. We have to accept that things have changed. The children we have now are not the ones we used to handle years back,” he added.
He further condemned the teacher –student relationships in schools saying that it has impacted the learners in a bad way as most of them end up being teen moither as others contract sexually transmitted infections (STIs).
By Kimutai Langat
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