Migori MP applauds schools for performance national exams

Migori

Saturday, January 20, 2024,

KNA BY Geoffrey Makokha

Suna West Member of Parliament Peter Masara has lauded schools in his constituents for the best results in the 2023 Kenya Certificate of Primary Education (KCPE) and the Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE).

Suna West Sub County public schools performed well emerging the best among the 12 Sub Counties in Migori County.

Masara who spoke during an education stakeholder engagement forum in one of the hotels in Migori town said that continued engagement with the education stakeholders in the constituency had resulted in better performance in the education sector.

He disclosed that 4,000 students will be receiving their partial and full education bursaries in late January to enable them to continue with their secondary school education journey.

The legislature, however, encouraged all stakeholders to play their part to ensure high standards of academia in the county.

“I will constantly continue to engage with various stakeholders to ensure we help to implement the new education Competency Based Curriculum (CBC) for the betterment of our Kenyan learners”, noted Masara.

Teacher Service Commission (TSC) Suna West Director, Pamela Oyoo applauded the efforts being made by the politician in trying to better the education standards in the county. She, however, called upon parents not to storm education centres to demand better results.

Oyoo encouraged parents to seek assistance and advice from their respective education and TSC offices to enable them to iron out their grievances.

The TSC officials also disclosed that the Suna West Sub County had a shortage of 278 secondary school teachers and 140 primary teachers, adding the Junior Secondary teachers were about 30 percent in the Sub County.

Meanwhile, Suna West Deputy County Commissioner (DCC) Mbela Mutua said that the local administration will work closely with education stakeholders to ensure 100 per cent primary to secondary transition.

Mutua cautioned guardians subjecting their children to child labour that the law will catch up with them, affirming that it is the right of each child to access basic education.

The administrator also called upon all the school heads to ensure they acquire their institution title deeds.

“Primary and secondary schools that share the same land should apply to get their individual title deeds. The government will not allow two institutions to have the same title deed”, concluded Mutua.  

Courtesy; KNA