Have you ever wondered why most of the secondary schools in Uasin Gishu performed dismally in the 2017 Kenya Certificates of Secondary Education (KCSE) examinations?
The Kenya Union of Post Primary Education Teachers (Kuppet) Uasin Gishu Secretary General Elijah Maiyo has revealed that acute shortage of teachers contributed to the poor performance of the school.
"It is sad that as I am talking we stand at 48 percent shortfall of teachers. Our output is below what's is required, this is why as a county we had a mean score of 2.6 which is below average,” said Maiyo in his office, Tuesday.
"There are some schools in the county with a population of 600 and only has 10 Teachers Service Commission (TSC) teachers instead of 35. This is below average leading to poor results. I call upon TSC to employ more teachers before things get out of hand," he added.
Maiyo said Uasin Gishu county has 2,100 secondary school teachers instead of 3,600 and 5,000 primary teachers instead of 8,900.
The Kuppet official further urged the Ministry of Education to avail money meant for infrastructure for them to achieve 100 percent transition.
"As I am talking, there is a school in the county with 80 students in one classroom instead of the required 50 while another school has turned a school bus park into a classroom. I call upon the government to act at speed to save the situation since this will translate to poor performance," noted Maiyo.