Kiambu Women Representative Annah Nyokabi has expressed concerns over the standards of education in the area citing lack of infrastructure as an impediment to high grades attainment in schools in the 12 sub-counties in the area.
Nyokabi said that it was unfortunate and unbelievable that after 51 years of independence, education officers working in Kiambu had no offices to operate from, while education was the backbone of an informed and productive society, further adding that infrastructure would motivate officers to work more efficiently.
“I will push Cabinet Secretary for Education Jacob Kaimenyi and the ministry to establish education offices in all the Kiambu sub-counties. We cannot continue like this where the officers operate from rented offices or space given by other government departments,” said Nyokabi.
Limuru education officers that include the education quality and assurance officers and the education officer in charge of the Limuru sub-county Claris Mwita, operate from two rooms given to them temporarily by the probation officers in the area.
Mwita, confirming the lack of offices said they once missed an office to work from after the county government, kicked them out since the offices they were operating from belonged to the county government, which was in need of them.
For the Kikuyu sub-county, education officers there led by the Kikuyu education officer Zipporah Gikambi operate in rented office space at the Ivory towers.