The Kenya Secondary Schools Heads Association (KESSHA) annual conference is set to kick off in Mombasa on Sunday17, June.
Key among the agenda to be discussed is the safety of students.
The week-long event will see over 8,000 school principals converge in Mombasa to address the challenges as well as the achievements made in the learning sector since last year, same time.
In the last one month, the country has experienced numerous cases of sexual harassment in schools, including the recent rape case at Moi Girls High school.
Following that incident, the Teachers Service Commission (TSC) issued new guidelines requiring students to be accompanied by at least one registered teacher of the same gender during school activities to enhance their safety.
Furthermore, on Wednesday, the commission’s Chief Executive Nancy Macharia also directed head teachers to stop incorporating unregistered teachers or those de-registered by the commission in school programs, including co-curricular activities.
“Persons not registered as teachers (including teachers whose names have been removed from the register of teachers) should not be incorporated in the school programs to teach, handle, manage, coach, supervise and/or assist in the teaching, handling, managing, coaching, supervision of pupils/learners,” the circular addressed to all teachers and copied to the Education Cabinet Secretary, Kenya National Union of Teachers (KNUT), and the Kenya Union of Post Primary Education (KUPPET) Teachers cautioned.
The conference will officially open on Tuesday in the presence of Education Cabinet Secretary, Amina Mohamed and Deputy President, William Ruto.