By Andanje Wakhungu
Schools in the vast Kakamega North Sub-County have launched a vigorous academic programme to improve performance.
The Sub County that has over time recorded dismal performance in academics embarked on a series of workshops for all the Directors of Studies from the 48 public secondary schools as a way of addressing the poor performance from within.
The Chairman Academics Secondary Section in the Sub County Henry Litu while addressing teachers at Shamberere Technical Training Institute said the action was taken because the area has been academically lagging behind for very many years.
“Year in year out Kakamega North has been last even after the creation of the 13th sub county. In view of this, we thought as Kenya Secondary Schools Heads Association (KESSHA) how we can strongly come up with strategies to improve results and that is why we have set up a series of workshops and this has been fruitful,” he said.
Litu who is also the Principal Friends Mugai Secondary School said they had lined up other programmes that include the formation of subject panels to be patronised by principals and already Mathematics, Geography and Chemistry have been lined up with also those subjects such as Biology which are dragging the sub county behind to be given first priority.
He said the main aim of these programmes is to ensure that the students understand better those subjects.
