Public primary schools from Borabu constituency have been slammed by a leading scholar and philanthropist following poor KCPE 2015 results that were released recently by education CS Fred Matiangi.
Speaking at his Borabu backyard on Sunday, Borabu constituency aspirant Dr Nyandoro Kambi urged area schools to ‘up their game’ in 2016 national exams to justify efforts put by stakeholders to improve education in the region.
He said many schools had received a number of revision papers and text books that should have been used effectively to better the results.
“In 2015, a number of well wishes including myself spent a lot of time in donating revision materials and books top virtually all primary schools. However, I must say most of our performances were not convincing. Time has come for pupils and teachers to justify the support they are given from stakeholders,” he said.
He urged TSC to consider transferring number of teachers to avoid instances where a number of teachers overstayed in certain institutions for many years.
“This is a wake-up call by TSC to execute regular transferring of teachers to regulate instances where someone overstays in an institution. It’s worrying that most of the institutions had a mean score between 150 and 240 which are below average,” he added.
According to him, the region was not suffering from under-staffing, a common challenge in many institutions across the country.
“Most of our schools are well equipped and that is why we demand good performances. We want to see schools performing and that is the way forward,” he said.
Only St. Andrews Kaggwa, Nyasore Mixed and Eronge Primary school from the region managed a mean of 350 Marks and above.