Ministry of Education warns principals against hiring non teaching staff to coach students
Ministry of Education warns principals against Hiring non teaching staff to coach students
Education Cabinet Secretary Julius Ogamba has warned school principals against flouting the Teachers Service Commission (TSC) regulations by inviting non-teachers to coach students.
The warning follows the Butere Girls High School incident, where the administration reportedly hired former United Democratic Alliance (UDA) Secretary General Cleophas Malala, who is not part of the teaching staff, to coach the learners on their drama item.
Addressing the press on Friday morning, Ogamba warned that inviting non-teachers to train students on co-curricular activities such as drama contravenes the TSC Act of 2018.
The Act states that all principals must not incorporate people not registered as teachers, including teachers whose names have been removed from the register of teachers, in school programmes.
Ogamba also ordered teachers to adhere to the TSC Code of Conduct and Ethics 2015, which emphasizes professionalism and the protection of children by teachers, especially during co-curricular activities such as drama festivals.
“The Ministry wishes to inform principals who invite non-teachers to their schools to train learners in co-curricular activities that they are in contravention of the TSC regulations as well as the rules and regulations for the Kenya National Drama and Film Festival,” Ogamba said.
“The Ministry of Education is fully committed to promoting talents among our learners through all forms of co-curricular activities available in our school system. However, school principals are advised to stick to the rules and regulations governing the co-curricular activities,” he added.
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During the presser, the education minister also criticised the Butere Girls High School administration for allegedly allowing Malala to direct the play “Echoes of War”, adding that the school principal went against the TSC regulations.
According to him, the government would not allow individuals to mobilise school children against authority, stating that political wars must only be fought by politicians outside of learning environments.
He further revealed how Malala reportedly altered the Echoes of War while it was at the regional level and included negative themes against the Kenya Schools and Colleges National Drama and Film Festival Rules and Regulations 2025.
Ogamba noted that after the school administration realised that the script had been significantly altered and could not be performed at the national level, they sought its withdrawal from performance at the national level.
As a result, the school asked the affected learners to go home for the April holidays. However, two courts, one sitting in Kakamenga and another in Kisii, directed that the “Echoes of War” play be presented at the National Level.
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