Kisumu County Chief Officer of Education Dr. Samwel Okuro has cautioned Early Childhood Development Education (ECDE) tutors who were posted to there working station to stop accepting head teachers' orders to teach other classes.
Dr. Okuro revealed that he had been informed that some primary school heads are forcing ECDE teachers to teach classes one, two and three without consulting the county government of Kisumu.
The chief officer highlighted that it is not bad to help other pupils in other classes, but they only do that if the primary school management is in agreement with the county government and the ECDE tutors can take control over the school but not forced to teach other classes.
“We have discovered that most of the school heads are forcing or tutors to teach other classes without our consent which is not proper,” said Dr. Okuro.
He however, warned the ECDE tutors who will be found teaching other classes a part from their assigned classes that they will be removed from the County’s payroll.
“I am warning those ECDE tutors that whenever they will be found in other classes without the county knowledge, they will be definitely removed from the payroll,” warned Dr. Okuro.
Dr. Okuro blamed the Teachers Service Commission (TSC) of rapid under staffing in the county leading to additional work to the ECDE tutors.
He blamed the commission of not providing enough teachers to the area primary schools and at the same time, the commission was fighting over the recruitment of ECDE teachers.