Why teachers oppose push to devolve education

When KUPPET National Chair Omboko Milemba(L), secretary general  Akelo Misori and other officials addressed the media on proposals to devolve education. [Jenipher Wachie, Standard]

The Kenya Union of Post-Primary Education Teachers (KUPPET) has opposed a proposal by ODM leader Raila Odinga to devolve primary and secondary education to counties, warning the move would destabilise learning and deepen inequalities in the sector.

Speaking in Nairobi on Tuesday, KUPPET Secretary-General Akello Misori said the union “totally rejects” Odinga’s suggestion, made during last week’s 9th Devolution Conference in Homa Bay, that counties should take charge of managing schools.