Sossion Reveals Why Over 50% Of 2023 KCSE Candidates Failed To Acquire C+ Results
Former Secretary General of the Kenya National Union of Teachers (KNUT), Wilson Sossion, has linked the poor performance in the recent KCSE exams to a shortage of motivated teachers in many schools.
Speaking on Citizen TV’s Daybreak Show, Sossion expressed concern over the high number of grade E’s and D’s in the country. The nominated Senator urged the Teachers Service Commission (TSC) to invest more in employing qualified teachers in schools nationwide, without differentiating based on the school’s category.
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“Invest in teachers for every school; not national schools but all schools without categorization because that is promoting discrimination and inequity,” he said.
According to Sossion, this approach would promote equal access to quality education for all learners, eliminating discrimination and inequity.
He emphasized the need to invest in teachers for every school, citing Tenwek High School in Bomet County, where he claimed that hiring Board of Management (BOM) teachers contributed to the school’s consistent high performance.
“If you check the schools that have posted A’s, they have gone the extra mile to hire BOM teachers. Tenwek High School; out of the 100 teachers in the staffroom, 50 teachers are employed by the BoM,” he said.
Sossion called for the government to motivate well-performing teachers and ensure schools have the necessary learning tools and infrastructure.
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He suggested that TSC lay out a plan for rewarding teachers who have excelled, promoting a comprehensive review of each school’s performance.
Sossion’s views were echoed by Emuhaya MP and KUPPET Secretary General Omboko Milemba, who emphasized the challenges faced by teachers in terms of motivation, employment, promotion, and salary payments.
Milemba expressed confidence in the government’s recent move to hire 55,000 teachers in a year.
In the recently announced KCSE results, approximately five percent of candidates scored a mean grade of E, with 201,133 students attaining a mean grade of C+ and above out of a total of 899,453 candidates.
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Sossion Reveals Why Over 50% Of 2023 KCSE Candidates Failed To Acquire C+ Results
