Students and parents from Ilmashariani primary school in Narok County on Wednesday, May 17 staged protests after it emerged that the Teachers Service Commission (TSC) had transferred the institution's headteacher.
They argued that the decision was ill-informed as the headteacher had led the growth of the school since its inception.
Armed with placards and twigs, the students refused to attend classes until the matter was resolved. Parents in the vicinity recalled the efforts put in by the headteacher to transform the institution.
"I was in the house when I heard disruption in the school, as a parent I rushed to determine what was the issue only to learn that the headteachers were transferred," one of the parents stated.
They called upon the Education Cabinet Secretary Ezekiel Machogu to intervene and reverse the directive.
"The headteacher did her best here, she has helped our children and has started a secondary school. Who will finish her projects?" another posed.
Furthermore, Isaac Naeku PTA chairman stated they were surprised that the headteacher had been transferred yet she has improved the school's academic and infrastructural development for the last few years at the helm.
"We ask the Ministry to bring back the headteacher. She has transformed this school from 300 students to about 2000," Naeku stated.
"If it was possible we would call for her promotion due to the good work she has done for us. The government should let her continue working for this school," he added.
Reportedly, the new headteacher was not received well at his previous station where TSC had posted him.
"We will not allow a headteacher who was rejected in the previous school to come to lead our children," another parent stated.
On Monday, May 15 the TSC CEO Nancy Macharia called upon the government to provide Ksh2.2 billion for teacher promotions.
In January, TSC transferred 14,000 teachers to reverse the delocalisation policy where teachers were posted away from their homes.
This was a relief to most tutors after President William Ruto in the run-up to the 2022 polls pledged to do away with the policy.
