Report proposes tough rules to make teachers accountable

Head teachers and principals follow proceedings on the second day of the Kenya Primary Schools Head Teachers Association annual delegates’ conference at Sheikh Zayed Centre in Mombasa, December 5, 2017. [Photo:Gideon Maundu| Standard]

It will be no longer business as usual in the school arena. Parents may soon take turns to visit schools to check whether teachers reported to work and are actually teaching.

And the random patrols by school heads in classrooms during learning hours to monitor quality of teaching may be tightened if the teachers’ employer adopts the new proposal.