Subject Teachers to Mental Examination PA Proposes. The body representing parents of school-going children has called for the formation of a taskforce to probe corporal punishment in schools.
This calls follows a rise in cases of corporal punishment which have been reintroduced secret back to schools.
National Parents Association Chair Silas Obuhatsa said the recent cases have shown teachers take the law into their hands. Adding that teachers have been terribly punishing and injuring young children in schools without any reasonable cause.
The chairperson said parents are wondering why their children are being subjected to physical torture in schools where they ought to be safe.
In a recent report it has been revealed that cases of Corporal Punishment are in the rise with the latest being a high school student in Kisii lost his testicle following an injury he incurred during an alleged corporal punishment.
A taskforce will come up with measures that will advise the Ministry of Education on what steps to take to rescue Learners.
In another case, parents of Joypot Primary School in Kiambu County sought justice after their children were severely caned by teachers.
The private school has two branches in Kamondo village, Githunguri sub-county, and Kawaida Cianda village in the Kiambaa sub-county. One of the boys was severely caned, injuring his backside, while the second one allegedly had his testicles squeezed leaving him with injuries.
Obuhatsa now says the Ministry of Education should urgently form a task force to probe such incidences.
The chair added that as parents we want the Ministry of Health to come up with a program where all teachers have to undergo mental examination. Subject Teachers to Mental Examination PA Proposes.
Further, he backed CS Ezekiel Machogu’s calls to deal with teachers found sneaking corporal punishment back into schools.
The task force he said should include the Ministry of Health, Parents, and the Ministry of EducationMinistry of Education among other stakeholders.
