Education stakeholders from Kisii Central sub-county have asked public Primary Schools from the area to emulate their private counterparts in national exams performance.
The area Director of Education Diana Wekesa asked public Primary School Heads to steer their schools to incredible performance in this year’s test following a dismal performance in last year’s K.C.P.E results that saw private schools excel.
She attributed dismal performance to little input from both teachers and pupils in public schools and called for radical surgery in administrative structures.
“As a director, I am really mesmerised with dismal performance in national exams that we experience annually. I think we are not doing enough to rectify the situation,” said Wekesa adding that he dismal performance is inexcusable and they may be compelled to carry out a radical surgery in the administrative structures soon.
This comes a day after angry parents of St. Francis Menyinkwa Primary School demonstrated over what they called ‘non-commitment’ by teachers in the school following a series of poor performances for five years in a row.
Head teachers who attended the meeting promised to work closely with their private schools counterparts to better their school’s performances.
“We will ensure that we study our private schools colleagues closely so that we can help lift academic standards in our schools. At the same time, we urge pupils and parents to co-operate,” said Ken Omete of Daraja Mbili primary school.
During last year’s K.C.P.E performance, Elimu Academy, Set Green Hill schools and the Imperial Academy topped in the county.
Meanwhile Esther Ong’ondi of Kereri Girls in the county has boasted of good performance and high confidence most parents and students have in the school, which, according to her bass seen the school enrol many students so far.
Speaking today (Wednesday) in her office following an exponential increase in numbers of students seeking admission in the institution from the previous 200 student to the 300 students in this year’s intake, Ong’ondi is upbeat that the institution will continue performing superbly in the national exams to entice students not only from the county but also from other counties.
“This is an evidence and manifestation that students and parents have confidence in us. We would like to even attract as many students as we can,” said Ong’ondi adding that the standard performance of the institution is attributed to hard work and determination from both the members of the teaching staff and the students.
She said the institution aims to reach a performance index of 10 which is equivalent to a B+ in K.C.S.E results that will be out soon in order to compete with established schools such as Alliance High School from Kiambu County.