Union opposes transfer of school heads

Knut secretary general Wilson Sossion (left) with Kenya Primary Schools Head Teachers Association (KEPSHA) Nicholas Gathemia (right) at the Kenya School of Revenue Administration (KESRA) in Mombasa, December 2, 2019. [Gideon Maundu, Standard]

A fresh standoff has emerged between the teachers’ employer and union over impending massive transfers of headteachers working in their home schools. 

The Kenya National Union of Teachers (Knut) yesterday vowed to fight the transfers planned to be executed just before the opening of schools in January.