Kenya National Union of Teachers (Knut) Meru Branch Secretary Caxton Miungi has proposed that all bursary funds be consolidated under the education ministry to avert duplication in allocation to needy students.
He said this will work more effectively instead of the funds being given to politicians such as MP, governors and MCAs.
“The politicians often give out bursaries to people who are not needy as they seek political favours,” Miungi said.
He spoke exclusively The Voice Daily in his office in Meru town on Wednesday.
On the employment of 46,000 teachers, the KNUT official termed it a good move by the government.
He said the union had demanded that TSC prioritizes the employment of teachers to address challenges in the Junior Secondary school.
“We advised interns who are left out in the recruitment to come to our offices so that we can follow up to make sure he or she is employed,” he said.
On transition to grade nine, he said Kenyans had supported that students should be domiciled in primary schools.
“There are so many questions about grade nine. People are wondering if there are classrooms for grade nine in primary schools.
During the 8-4-4 curriculum some primary schools had double or triple streams but when the new curriculum came into force, some classrooms were left without being used,” Miungi said.
Miungi urged the government to fasttrack completion of classrooms for Junior Secondary learners.
