By PSCU
President Uhuru Kenyatta has today directed the Ministry of Education and the Teachers Service Commission (TSC) to develop a reward scheme for teachers whose schools perform well in the national examinations.
The president said it is only prudent to reward teachers whose schools perform well by promoting them.
“We want to have a reward scheme for schools that perform well just as much as a punishment scheme for schools that don’t perform,” said President Kenyatta.
He said although the Teachers Service Commission has developed a reward scheme for principals and head teachers whose schools perform, it is only wise to extend the same to teachers.
The president said he has already consulted with the Cabinet Secretary who will engage the Teachers Service Commission (TSC) with a view of ensuring that the reward scheme that applies to principals be extended to teachers.
“I do concur schools are not just about heads, they are also about teachers, about support staff just as much as they are about the students, “ said President Kenyatta.
The Jubilee leader was speaking today at the Kenya High School, Nairobi when he laid a foundation stone of the school’s modern kitchen and dining hall complex.
On Education reforms, President Kenyatta said curriculum reforms are on course with the first batch of the students of the competence-based joining secondary schools in the year 2022.
The president said the government has implemented a host of initiatives to ensure access to equity and quality education in the country. The initiatives include the Sh3.7 billion comprehensive medical cover for 2.8 million students under the National Hospital Insurance Fund.
The president said the medical cover whose implementation began on 1st of this month is expected to improve retention of students in school and also help in achieving universal health care.