Parents Will Suffer - Magoha Warning on Unruly Students

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Education CS Prof George Magoha assesses the resumption of learning at Muchonoke Secondary School in Embu County on Friday, January 15, 2021
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Education CS George Magoha on Wednesday, February 3, announced that parents would face the consequences for the unruly behaviour witnessed in some of the students.

Magoha was referring to the recent cases of indiscipline in schools that has seen students attack teachers and destroy school property.

Speaking at Kwa Njenga Primary School, the CS stated that parents whose children will be caught destroying school property will be forced to meet the repair costs.

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Education CS George Magoha speaks to a primary school student
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A number of schools across have been forced to close down after students set them ablaze.

The most recent incident happened at Karumandi Boys High School where five students have since been arrested for allegedly razing down their dormitory.

The CS also spoke on the recently released assessment results by the Kenya National Examination Council (KNEC), where the report indicated that the KCPE candidates were not ready to seat their exams.

Magoha challenged the statement arguing that the exams had been done just two weeks after reopening, to enable teachers gauge students after a nine month covid-19 break.

"I do not know why you should contextualise this to look like the test was done yesterday, and that this excellent children are going to fail the exam. Who has told you they are going to fail? They are not going to fail," he stated.

In the report, KNEC stated that a majority of Class 8 learners had performed below average.

"This is evidenced by the substantial proportion of learners who did not attain the minimum benchmark of 50 percent in most of the subject assessed," reads an excerpt of the report.

The report found that students performed poorly especially in languages, hence concluded that the learners did not have the essential understanding skills.

"Of concern are the substantial percentages of pupils not attaining minimum proficiency levels of language skills, yet research has shown that proficiency in reading/language has a bearing on the acquisition of other educational outcomes."

Students in a class before the Covid-19 pandemic.
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