The South Kenya Conference Executive Director Pastor Dr Julius Bichang'a has assured the public that teachers and managers for the Seventh Day Adventist sponsored schools in the region will be hired based on ability and professional qualifications as opposed to their allegiance to the church.
The administration of the Conference has resolved to engage professionals in running the schools under the performance contracting arrangement.
The move follows a public outcry over the poor education standards and show in national examinations among learners from SDA sponsored schools in the church's South Kenya Conference.
Addressing a congregation of church leaders from across the conference at Nyanchwa camp grounds on Sunday afternoon, Dr Bichang'a lamented that having one's faith and allegiance to the church as requirement as the head had led to poor performance in national examinations among the SDA sponsored institutions in the region.
Bichang'a, however, encouraged the faithful and the public to consider enrolling their children in the SDA sponsored schools in the region, assuring them that all their questions regarding the schools' education standards and national examinations performance have been addressed by his current South Kenya Conference administration to assure both children and parents of quality education.
"As the administration of the South Kenya Conference take this opportunity to assure our members and the general public that from today henceforth all the SDA sponsored schools across this conference will be headed and run by professionally qualified heads as opposed to who is who inthe SDA denomination,''stated Bichang'a