Kenya: Stakeholders Want Government Crackdown On Schools Commercializing Education

Nairobi — Education stakeholders are calling on the government to crack down on schools commercializing education rather than bringing in quality in the sector.

In a joint statement by Kenya National Union of Teachers (KNUT), The Kenya Union of Post Primary Education Teachers (KUPPET), the Universities Academic Staff Union (UASU), Transparency International (TI) and Action Aid Kenya, they indicated that many private schools focus more on profit making as opposed to teaching in Kenya today. They indicated that many institutions employ teachers who have not been registered by the Teachers Service Commission (TSC) thus lowering the standard of education.

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