Nyaronge primary school deputy headmaster Samuel Nyang’ena will have to change his approach on disciplining pupils or find himself in an enormous conflict with parents, the institution’s parents have cautioned.
Speaking on Wednesday during an AGM meeting, parents faulted the administrator for allegedly imposing corporal punishments on pupils who are found on the wrong, contrary to a parliamentary bill that was drafted in 2001 which banned corporal punishment.
According to them, the teacher has being disciplining the children, exceeding his powers and sometimes subjecting the accused children to un-procedural suspensions.
“For how long will we discuss these matters? Most of our children are running away from the institution and we demand that the teacher tread carefully. He has overstepped his mandate by even suspending students without giving them a fair hearing as required even in the constitution,” said Ken Minda.
They threatened to oust the administrator if he fails to change his tact besides calling for his removal from the institution.
“As parents we have also powers to ensure the institution is run well. He must change his approach or we dispose him from the institution. We can as well present our case to the educational offices to demand his immediate transfer,” added Abel Ombwori.
Efforts to reach the accused to comment on the allegations were futile since he could neither receive the calls nor reply the text messages.