The Kenya National Union of Teachers (KNUT) Secretary-General Wilson Sossion has appealed for the deployment of police officers in schools to keep rogue students in check.
Education Cabinet Secretary George Magoha had proposed that canning be returned in schools but Sossion opposed the move, arguing that canning would only worsen the teacher-student relationship that is already broken.
However, the KNUT Secretary-General asked the the government to deploy police officers in schools so that they take charge of corporal punishment in the case of rogue students.
Sossion stated, "We will not accept the return of corporal punishment which will put our teachers in conflict with the learners. If they want to return it, let them post police officers to schools who will be doing the caning job because these teenagers are likely to kill the teachers.”
He went further to propose the abolition of boarding schools, arguing cases of student unrest have increased due to parents' inability to discipline their children.
"It is time for this country to abolish all boarding schools and have state-of-the-art day schools. We want parents to regain their skills of guiding their own children after work. A teachers' job is to impart knowledge and values between 8 am to 5 pm,” the KNUT boss stated.
The spike in cases of indiscipline among students has raised concern among stakeholders within the education sector. Attacks on teachers and torching of dormitories have been rampant.
President Uhuru Kenyatta, through State House Spokesperson Kanze Dena, ordered the Ministry of Education to deal decisively with any student found culpable of the crimes.
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