Sixteen per cent of all public teachers are ever absent from schools, a new survey shows. This is despite the high allowances the teachers are asking that have led to the current strike. The World Bank survey shows that a majority of the teachers were incompetent with only 35 per cent having a “mastery of the curriculum they teach.” The situation is worse in the health sectors where the report says 29 per cent of medical personnel were absent from hospitals at any given time. The research tested teachers’ ability to teach effectively and only 35 per cent of public school teachers scored at least 80 per cent on what they taught. Young female teachers, who were less experienced and on short- term contracts, scored better on the assessment. The Education and Health Services in Kenya Data for Results and Accountability report that was launched on Friday in Nairobi revealed that private school teachers, at 40 per cent, scored better on the assessment of minimum knowledge. Teachers in government institution were also 50 per cent less likely to be in class. “The implication is that for every term, a child in public school receives 20 days less of teaching time,” says the survey that was done in 600 primary schools and health centres and nearly 5,000 teachers and health providers
Posted on: Sat, 13 Jul 2013 05:01:53 +0000
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