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Ministry draws plans to put school heads on contract

By Augustine Oduor | Jul. 16, 2014

Knut Secretary General Wilson Sossion with chairman Mudzo Nzili address the Press on the conflict pitting the Education Ministry and the Teachers Service Commission in Nairobi, Tuesday. [PHOTO: WILLIS AWANDU/STANDARD]

The Government is courting a clash with teachers over plans to hire secondary school heads on five-year contracts, if proposals by the Ministry of Education are implemented.

The recommended changes are in a document seen by The Standard, which also recommends that no head teacher should serve in a school for more than 15 years.

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