Prof. Prof. Olweny

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• 29 Jan 2009 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I stand to support the Report, because it is very good. We have copies in the Ministry and we have looked at it. It is a very well done piece of work. We will remember that last year, in the second term, 290 schools out of a total of 5,600 secondary schools had unrest and strikes. So, it was a major problem for us in the Ministry. We went out and collected information to try and find out the problem that the unrest was related to. Our findings and the findings in this Report, are ... view
• 29 Jan 2009 in National Assembly: 4586 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES January 29, 2009 view
• 29 Jan 2009 in National Assembly: To address the problems associated with the unrest in schools, the Ministry has made a number of moves. We have taken a number of steps so as to ensure that our schools have a good learning environment for our children, the youth of this country. view
• 29 Jan 2009 in National Assembly: We have come up with the "School as a Safe Zone Programme". This has been implemented in a number of district schools in ten districts. The programme, "School as Safe Zone" for our children, has revealed that we need one another. We need parents, teachers and stakeholders to ensure that schools are safe for the youth. In fact, we have come up with a national school safety manual, which is now in print. It is to be launched very soon. view
• 29 Jan 2009 in National Assembly: Another programme, which we have come up with is "Peace in Schools". In fact, late last year there was an international workshop here with regard to peaceful coexistence in schools and outside schools. How can our students, teachers, parents and all the stakeholders have peace in schools? When you have unrest, there is no peace. Everybody is exposed to danger. view
• 29 Jan 2009 in National Assembly: Under the peaceful coexistence both in and out of school, we have developed a peace education manual, which was launched in August last year. In that programme, we have trained 500 teachers and field officers on how to use that manual. So far, about 2,600 teachers have been trained in various areas. We selected Eldoret, Kericho, Kisumu and Nakuru as pilot areas. view
• 29 Jan 2009 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, one of the problems that has led to unrest in our schools is mismanagement, which touches on the capability of the principals and the BOGs, because those are the managers of our schools. To improve on that, the Ministry has streamlined the appointment of principals and their deputies in secondary schools. It will be strictly based on merit. Interviews will be conducted for someone to be promoted to a principal. This is because, previously, there has been a lot of interference from politicians who want their strong supporters to be made principals. There was also interference ... view
• 29 Jan 2009 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, the principals will also be retrained on proper management of schools, because many of them are not performing well in regard to management. The Ministry will ensure that all the institutional managers are properly trained to manage schools. We shall strengthen the guidance and counselling at the national, provincial, district and schools level in order to provide adequate skills for handling of learners in schools. The Ministry will undertake all that. One of the major problems which we had in schools was the issue of Mock examinations. Actually, teachers were involved. It was business. People would ... view
• 29 Jan 2009 in National Assembly: We also came to know that some students always transfer from one school to another. Some of them are the troubleshooters. After they cause problems in one school, they move to another school where they also cause problems. We have now put in place guidelines on transfer of students from one Ja nuary 29, 2009 PARLIAMENTAR Y DEBATES view
• 21 Jan 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. view