3,359 Public Schools Lack Headteachers, Principals
More than 3,000 public schools lack a head teacher, according to shocking new information.
While there are 1,441 secondary schools without principals, there are 1,918 public primary schools without a head teacher.
At a time when the government is implementing crucial reforms in the education sector, there are currently 3,359 public primary and secondary institutions that lack the necessary institutional leadership.
These are some of the findings that the Presidential Working Group on Education Reforms (PWPER) has documented.
Some teachers possess the qualifications of a head teacher but continue to work as classroom teachers, according to Dr. Nancy Macharia, the chief executive officer of the Teachers Service Commission.
This comes at a time when the working group suggests that head teachers of primary schools hosting Junior Secondary Schools (JSS) at the time of the implementation of the new Competency-Based Curriculum (CBC) continue to lead the schools until 30 December 2023.
There are over 23,000 primary schools approved by the Ministry of education to host JSS, some of which are led by non-graduate school directors.
It proposed the establishment of comprehensive schools, which would house the current pre-primary, primary, and junior secondary schools in the same structure under the supervision of a single head teacher.
The Kenya National Union of Teachers (KNUT) has opposed the proposal.
Collins Oyuu, secretary general of the Kenya National Union of Teachers (KNUT), deemed the proposal to be unjust and the worst labor practice the country will impose on teachers.
3,359 Public Schools Lack Headteachers, Principals