The society should spare teachers unnecessary agony

The problems bedeviling the education sector especially those revolving around students’ discipline cannot be solved by teachers, whose hands are tied behind their backs by the laws passed to manage the sector. If a teacher cannot do much to curb any indiscipline except watch and write a report later before being fired, then a new way of doing things is what we currently need.

It’s a reality that the teachers are being blamed for roles that they are either poorly prepared to handle or are completely unable to handle them. This is for instance, charging the teacher with the duty of ensuring that school buildings are not destroyed by rowdy youths is just farfetched because there is very little he can do if the students are bent on destruction. The case of Itierio High School principal being interdicted after the razing of several dorms by students yet he was in Mombasa attending a conference is a good example of blaming the wrong person.