CS Machogu clash with TSC once again
Education Cabinet Secretary Ezekiel Machogu has faulted the Teachers Service Commission (TSC) over the decision to withdraw teachers from a schools where they were attacked after posting poor results in the 2023 KCSE exams.
The Teachers Service Commission has withdrawn teachers from two schools so far after they were attacked by parents for posting poor results.
Machogu has called for the reversal of the withdrawal citing that all decisions made in regards to schools “should put the interest of the child first.”The decision to close St. Gabriel Isongo Secondary School following the attack on the principal has drawn criticism from rights groups and teachers’ unions, who argued that it punished students for the actions of a few parents.
On Friday, Machogu said that the school would reopen within a week and that teachers would return.
“I am therefore directing the Ministry of Education field officers and Boards of Management to move fast and work with the TSC and the Ministry of Interior to iron out the misunderstanding in some of the schools where parents invaded schools with a view of resumption of normal running activities as soon as possible which should not be able to go for more than one week,” he said.The CS pledged to investigate the attacks and take action against those responsible.
CS Machogu clash with TSC once again
He said that a report on the investigation into the St Gabriel Isongo incident is expected to be completed by the end of January.I made an order that the county director and the field education officers including quality assurance, TSC, and all other stakeholders were to carry out investigations and submit a report.”
The report is expected to make recommendations on how to avert similar incidents.Machogu acknowledged the poor performance in the 2023 Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) exams but argued that blaming teachers alone was unfair.
CS Machogu clash with TSC once again
