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What has a teacher’s marital status got to do with performance?

A teacher in session

An advert carried by The Standard (March 28, 2017) by Moi University looking for teaching staff asked applicants to give among other details, those of their age, marital status, qualifications, and experience but left out gender and ethnicity caught my attention.

First, I interpreted it (I hope wrongly) to mean that marital status is a factor in productivity of a teacher. Two – I thought it means that some applicants will be discriminated against on the basis of marital status.

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