A student hits the school principal with a stone

That a school principal from a county school in Narok, had to undergo surgery because of internal bleeding as a result of a student hitting him with a stone when he was trying to calm them as they stormed out of school is the sad reality of where our nation is heading to.

This is just one in a myriad of other similar incidences where teachers have been exposed to ridicule and harassment by the same students they are supposed to be taking care of. Written and verbal abuses targeting the teacher are the norm in our schools. Sexual harassment of teachers by the same students is common and whenever the same students go on the rampage, teachers are physically assaulted. And in all these cases the teacher is always blamed while the students’ behavior is almost justified.