Take away all else but do not touch teachers’ dignity

Nowhere in education theory and practice is there doubt that the teacher is the ultimate authority in the classroom. These ‘executive powers’ can only be made less so by using more learner-friendly teaching methods, but cannot be ceded if any meaningful learning is to take place.

Unless the Education Ministry has proof to the contrary, when the learner is elevated to supervising the teacher, in any guise, the results can be chaotic. PointBlank, therefore, considers recent suggestions by the ministry that prefects will monitor and report teacher attendance misplaced. Please banish such ideas, Prof Sam Ongeri, and turn to bolstering tested monitoring and evaluation procedures.