Kenya Union of Post-Primary Education Teachers (KUPPET) has castigated the government for the slow pace of its retooling of senior teachers under the Competency-Based Curriculum (CBC).
Kisii Branch Executive Secretary Joseph Abincha argued that the current approach the Ministry of Education (MoE) is using to retool teachers is wanting, as it forces teachers to pay for their own travel to and from the training centres, especially in these challenging economic times.
“Teachers are demoralised as they use their own money for this exercise and later on beg for reimbursement, which comes in hard and leaves them in despondency,” he said.
He faulted the Ministry of Education for centralising the exercise at sub-county venues rather than taking it to the zonal level to reduce travel costs.
The bitter Unionist spelt doom for the Teachers Service Commission (TSC) as he accused it of the teachers’ negligence, who have stagnated in the same job groups for a long time, as they earnestly stick to their profession of moulding the child.
On infrastructure in readiness for the grade ten pupils from Junior School to Senior School next year, Abincha decried inadequate laboratories, classrooms, and the number of teachers to handle the learners efficiently, and asked the government to move quickly to rectify the situation.
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Many faithful, including Bokimonge Ward MCA Amos Onderi and former TSC Commissioner Lukas Osiemo, attended the congregation.
The commissioner attributed the slow rate of educational development in the country to poor governance by unnamed individuals.
Osiemo was heckled by the congregation when he said, referring to the uniform of some party he did not like, that he would invade Bomachoge Constituency and asked people to drum for former CS Fred Matiang’i for President in the 2027 national elections.
Bokimonge Ward MCA asked politicians to avoid nixing politics, education, and religion to harmonise coexistence and development in the constituency.
By Enock Okong’o
