Education is key enabler for national development and realization of Kenya’s vision 2030 …
Motion text
THAT, aware that education is key enabler for national development and realization of Kenya’s vision 2030 and Sustainable Development Goals; appreciating the invaluable role that teachers play in actualizing the national goals of education; noting that conducive working environment for teachers enhances performance; recalling that the delocalization of teachers commenced in 2018 by the Teachers Service Commission immensely disrupted teacher’s lives, lowered teacher-morale and caused untold trauma to many teachers countrywide; concerned that the exercise is not supported with clear policy framework and was initiated without the participation of teachers or their unions, contrary to Articles 118 and 132 of the Constitution on public participation and involvement of the people in the process of policy making; cognizant of the fact that delocalization of teachers is inconsistent with the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) teacher deployment practice, which treats education as a culture process conducted within a people’s cultural context at the local level; this House urges the Teachers Service Commission - (i) to immediately reverse the ongoing delocalization of teachers; (ii) initiates a comprehensive review of the teacher deployment policy with the involvement of teachers in order to make the policy consistent with International Labour Organization (ILO) and UNESCO laws and practices on teacher management and deployment; and (iii) Reviews the teacher recruitment policy with a view of devolving to zonal level as the point of recruitment.
Tracker remarks
Adopted with amendments (in bold)
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