Education PS Belio Kipsang’ and teachers during the 13th annual Kepsha conference at Sheikh Zayed Children’s Centre in Mombasa yesterday. [PHOTO/the-star.co.ke]
Primary school heads have moved to oppose the directive by Education CS Fred Matiang’i calling upon schools that share a compound to operate under a single principal and two deputies.
The CS on Monday said primary and secondary schools in one compound will be merged to have one board of management.
He said that each of the schools will have a deputy head teacher.
“This will bring harmony and synergy. There will be better use of resources and infrastructure,” he said.
But the Kenya Primary Schools Head Teachers Association (Kepsha) has said the move is not practical, adding that there was no consultation nor official communication.
Kepsha officials on Tuesday said there has been no conflict between schools as claimed by the CS.
“The TSC has said we are head teachers for life. The PS was here and did not raise such an issue,” Mavuta said on the sidelines of 13th primary heads annual meet in Mombasa as reported by the Star.
Head teachers say that if the directive is enforced, they stand to lose their jobs to their secondary school counterparts, something that goes contrary to a recent announcement by their employer TSC.
"Mavuta said if it is a must for Matiangi’s directive to be followed, secondary heads should be subordinate because all primary schools donated land to secondary schools," Mavuta said.
"We have given them land, how can you come and make me your deputy?” he asked.