End the teachers strike to save the girl child

Teachers in Kenya have never been taken with the seriousness they deserve. The strike has hit the third week and no sign it will end soon.  The Kenya National Union of Teachers has instructed teachers to close down all schools while the Teachers Service Commission is giving out threats. Worse still, the President and his deputy have stated that the Government does not have money to pay teachers.  

As the Government moves at a snail’s pace to hear the teacher’s cries, school girls are rushing into early marriage.The government is only seeing the 50-60 percent as being too much and not the consequences of the strike on the children.  We have never cared to understand what school signifies to our children, how it keeps their little minds busy. Now that the teachers are on the streets, no one is left to chaperone the children, parents are watching in despair as their children spin out of control.