Kenya Union of Post-Primary Education Teachers (KUPPET) chairperson Omboko Milemba has called for the need to withdraw teachers in various schools across the nation following protests from parents over exam results.
Parents across the country have been compelling school heads and local leaders to resign or be moved to other schools for alleged poor performance, following the release of the Kenya Certificate for Secondary Education (KCSE) 2023 exam results.
Speaking on Wednesday, January 17, the KUPPET boss has profoundly called the incidents reprehensible and unwelcomed at all costs, saying they have engaged the Teachers Service Commission (TSC) so that the withdrawal can be rolled out.
“We have asked the Teachers Service Commission (TSC) to withdraw teachers from these schools. Teachers must be respected. We are adding value to the students yet they are harassing us and joining parents to chase us around. That cannot be allowed,” Milemba stated, as quoted by Citizen TV.
Schools where parents protested KCSE 2023 results
There have been incidents of parents, students together with local leaders taking protests in schools and personally ousting school heads over poor performance.
The Emuhaya legislator pointed out that some politicians are now conspiring with school parents to defer the learning process in schools.
“Parents are being incited by politicians like myself to harass teachers in schools because of poor performance,” he said.
Milemba asked the parents not to wait for miracles to happen understanding clearly that their children were admitted to secondary schools with lower marks and therefore should not onslaught teachers if the children did not perform well in the final exam.
“Remember, these are the students who enter form one with the 100 per cent transition policy, regardless of the marks they got. Which is this magic that we want from teachers to turn 60 into an A. There are levels that the value addition can be done.
“Following these condemnable moves, learning should be deferred to these institutions until that time a robust conversation is held involving parents, students and local leaders,” Milemba observed.
Parents storm Isongo Secondary School in Kakamega over KCSE results
The MP’s sentiments come barely two days after infuriated parents stormed St Gabriel Isongo Secondary School in the County of Kakamega and forced out the school principal saying he is a nonachiever.
The angry parents arrived at the school at around 8 am and rushed to principal John Wafula’s office where they dismissed and blamed him over the school’s mediocre results.
The parents requested TSC to provide a new teacher, asserting that they will not hesitate to dismiss the teacher if he is maintained at the school.
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