Mombasa, Kenya: An additional 200 police officers will be deployed in Mombasa next week during the primary school head teachers' national conference, Inspector General of Police David Kimaiyo has said.
Kimaiyo said the officers will be positioned at key installations and at the conference venue to ensure the teachers week-long meeting ends smoothly.
"Enough security personnel have been lined up to ensure smooth run of the exercise. The officers will be guarding the venue where the teachers will meet and that is our duty. We will ensure security for all Kenyans," said Kimaiyio.
Kenya Primary School Head Teachers (Kepsha) National Chairman Joseph Karuga said yesterday that 10,000 head teachers will attend the meeting at Sheikh-Zayed Children Center from next week on Monday.
"This will not be an ordinary meeting because we will also be celebrating the 10th anniversary for the association," he said.
Deputy President William Ruto will open the conference whose theme is 'Make the child count.'
Karuga said education partners will also be feted. "We have partners who have worked with Kepsha to ensure quality education and we shall recognise them. We will also recognise the Kepsha National Executive Council (NEC) members," said Karuga.
He said the teachers will communicate their strong stand on schools financing and the running crisis in schools. "Many schools activities have stalled and schools are closing prematurely because there are no funds sent to schools even after the deputy president ordered the same," he said.
Karuga said some school heads will send children home because they can no longer hold them. "There is no food in schools, drama festivals have been scuttled and many other activities that cannot go on without money," he said. He said teachers will demand answers on the stalled standard one laptops project.
He said the conference will also discuss staffing gaps in primary schools. He added that teachers will also reject any attempt by the ministry of education to make them agents of the ministry.
The chairman also said teachers will reject any attempt to deduct 1.5 per cent towards agency fees as proposed by TSC. "We leave that talk to unions but for us we have already rejected this and we shall also make a decision on the same during our meeting," he said.
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