Special teachers can contain arson in Kenyan schools, union tells TSC

Property worth millions of shillings have been destroyed after students burned down dorms, libraries and other school property over the last two months. PHOTO: FILE

NAIROBI: A union handling affairs of special needs education now wants its teachers employed in mainstream schools as guiding and counselling specialists.

According to the Kenya Union of Special Need Education Teachers (KUSNET) there is no need for the government to employ new specialists when there are qualified teachers in the same sector.