Leaders ask State and unions to end crisis in Kenyan public schools

Knut Secretary General Wilson Sossion speaks during a press conference at the union’s offices in Nairobi Sunday. He is accompanied by Knut Chairman Mudzo Nzili (centre) and Wycliffe Omucheyi, second vice national chairman. [PHOTO: EDWARD KIPLIMO/STANDARD]

NAIROBI: Moderate voices of the clergy, educationists, lawyers and civil society groups have called for dialogue over the ongoing teachers’ strike that enters its third week today.

The Government and teachers’ unions have been urged to consider the plight of millions of children in public schools, especially those about to sit national examinations in a few weeks’ time.