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Ministry draws plans to put school heads on contract

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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