Murang’a county’s education performance has witnessed continuous improvement in both primary and secondary education in the last four years, the County Director of Education (CDE) Ms. Anne Kiilu has stated.
The cordial working relationship between teachers and other stakeholders, Anne said, has immensely contributed to the impressive academic performance witnessed in the county in addition to indiscipline cases reducing tremendously.
She added that parents have also been brought on board and are continuously being encouraged to actively take part in their children’s education.
Addressing Muranga County secondary school heads during this year’s Kenya Secondary School Heads Association (KESSHA) conference in Mombasa, the Director noted that as the education fraternity, they were able to look at their challenges, weaknesses and strengths; and forge a way forward at the end of the conference to boost education standards in the county.
“Muranga KESSHA is strong and focused, with people who are hands on. Our county is made up of 323 principals who are passionate about improving education performance in the county,” Kiilu said.
The principals, she said, have students at heart and are able to listen to the various education offices and partner with other people and institutions with the same interests.
The Director said that as an office, they have set up programmes for assessment and that they carry out different types of assessment in schools including the standard assessment to better understand the schools’ positions.
“We get to a school and look at areas of weaknesses, sectors where they need to improve and where they are doing well. We later on do a report and then call Boards of Management and school administrators to discuss the findings before giving them the report for implementation,” she explained.
She however noted that the county was still battling with teenage pregnancies and that together with the Ministry of Interior, they were brainstorming on ways to curb the vice.
The CDE said that her office has also partnered with organizations and interested individuals to carry out a sensitization campaign to educate both school going boys and girls on matters early sex and pregnancies so as to minimize the cases.
Another challenge faced in the county, she added was the landslides experienced in the county that heavily affected schools and children, thus a negative implication on the education sector in the county.
Come second term, the Director said, they will use the time to adequately prepare for the national exams, sports and music festivals and take part in other co-curricular activities to ensure students’ holistic growth.
By George Otieno
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