Primary Headteachers To Manage Junior Secondary Schools

Current primary school head teachers will be in charge of the Junior Secondary Schools. According to Education Cabinet Secretary Ezekiel Machogu, the process to promote teachers who have stagnated in the same grade has started.

Among those to be promoted are primary school head teachers to the principal level, given that the Junior Secondary schools are domiciled in their institutions.

“All P1 teachers heading primary schools will be promoted from grade C3 and above as principals of Junior Secondary Schools,” he said.

The Education CS was speaking at the Kenya Primary School Heads Association (Kepsha) conference in Mombasa, on Wednesday, during their 20^th anniversary, the CS said most of the head teachers in primary schools are graduates who deserve promotion.

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Machogu praised head teachers who have PhD in various education fields and asked the Teachers Service Commission (TSC) to promote them as they had proved they were competent enough to do other jobs. He made the remarks after Kepsha Chairman Johnson Nzioka displayed the head teachers who have been in charge of various schools for many years.

“I want officials in my Ministry of Education and Teachers Service Commission to make sure these teachers with Ph.D. are given jobs such as quality assurance, which the government has been looking for,” he said.

Education CS was accompanied by Education Principal Secretary Belio Kipsang, who warned high school principals against increasing school fees. The event was also attended by TSC chairman Jamleck Muturi and Konza University Vice Chancellor Elijah Omwenga.

“I want to commend CS of Education for recognizing that the head teachers of these schools are all qualified because most of them are graduates,” said Oyuu.

“I wish to state that whoever thinks that the head teacher of a primary school does not hold a degree is wrong because we have PhD holders manning various schools in the country,” he added.

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