Public schools are yet to resume normal functioning despite teachers returning to work on Monday, after a five-week industrial action.
Speaking in Rarieda, Siaya County, Chairman of Kenya Secondary Schools Heads Association James Okoyo, said that most schools were unable to perform their expected duties due to financial difficulties.
Okoyo added that they faced financial difficulties because parents were hesitant to pay school fees due to uncertainty of teachers' promise to stay in school.
“Schools in this region are currently facing a financial nightmare because nobody is paying school fees. Even in boarding schools where students are on campus full time, school fees is not being paid,” he said.
Employees at various schools in the region may consequently not receive there salaries, since the Government had also not remitted free education funds for the term.
Kenya National Union of Teachers official in Nyeri Mutahi Kahiga, said teachers were in class because the court ordered them back, but they were still not satisfied with their salaries.
“Teachers are disgruntled, angry and demotivated, and if that constitutes being in class then, I agree the teachers are back to work,” Mr Kahiga said.
Parents on the other hand have expressed doubts on the quality of education their children would receive since teachers' demands were not met.
“We are happy that teachers called off their strike but what is worrying is the quality of education they are going to offer,” said one of the parents.
The long strike ended on Monday as the unions representing teachers opted to respect the ruling by Labour Relations Courts, which suspended the strike for 90 days and ordered conciliatory talks within the same period.
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