CS Jacob Kaimenyi must win over education stakeholders

NAIROBI: The latest damning report on the status of teaching in Kenya indicts all education stakeholders. More worrying is the revelation that some teachers have not internalised the curriculum they are supposed to teach. How did we end up with such teachers in our schools? Who posted them there and made them part of the Teachers Service Commission (TSC) pay roll?

Education Cabinet Secretary Jacob Kaimenyi released the Global Monitoring Report Education for All 2000-2015 Report last week, which poses serious questions on the quality of instruction in our schools. The report, for instance, shows that Kenyan teachers are losing much-needed skills because there are no in-service training opportunities. It says majority of teachers seeking further education, do so at their own cost and in most cases, there are no incentives like promotions or pay hikes after upgrading one’s skills. There is also no motivation to come up with innovative methods to teach hard concepts.