Head-teachers of poorly performing schools are set to be demoted.
According to the Teachers Service Commission (TSC), head teachers who post a mean score of less than three for three consecutive years will be taken back to class to teacher, design, administer and mark assignments. Currently, the highest mean score is 12.
This is contained in a circular by TSC dated November 29 and sent to all 47 county directors of education. The circular is titled Deployment and Transfer of Head Teachers.
However, the Kenya Union of Post-Primary Education Teachers (KUPPET) has come out to reject the directives contained in the TSC circular.
“We are not going to accept academic performance as an indicator for promotions and determining the fate of school head teachers,” said KUPPET secretary general Akelo Misori.
