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40,000 Teachers Not Paid for Two Months

40,000 Teachers Not Paid for Two Months

The ministry of Finance last evening appeared shocked to learn that up to 40,000 primary and secondary school teachers in 38 districts have gone without pay for two months. Ministry spokesman Jim Mugunga, sounding startled, wondered how other public servants could have been paid to the exclusion of such a large number of teachers. He […]

Uganda To Fire All Teachers Who Beat Children At School

Uganda To Fire All Teachers Who Beat Children At School

Teachers who beat children at school risk having their certificates revoked, the state minister for Primary Education has warned. Dr John Chrysostom Muyingo said the Ministry of Education was ready to ban any teacher found guilty of administering the outlawed corporal punishment. “Beating children is outdated. The government abolished beating in schools because it was […]

Should Teachers Be Allowed to Spank children?

Should Teachers Be Allowed to Spank children?

The practice of caning children has existed since time immemorial and this was a form of punishment aimed at bringing unruly children into either submission or obedience. I recently watched a young boy hurling insults at his mother on a video that has gone viral on the Internet, something I could never imagine happening when […]

Kenyan Schoolgirl Stripped Over Miniskirt

Kenyan Schoolgirl Stripped Over Miniskirt

Police in Ndhiwa are looking for a secondary school principal who allegedly stripped naked a 17-year-old form one girl for wearing a miniskirt. The male principal of Wayaga Secondary School in West Kabuoch location in Homa Bay county is said to have summoned the student to his office on Wednesday last week. Witnesses said the […]

126 Kenyan Teachers Banned For Sex With Students

126 Kenyan Teachers Banned For Sex With Students

Kenya’s authorities have banned 126 teachers for “gross misconduct”, most for sexual abuse of their students. The governing body said the teachers would not be allowed to teach again. They were found guilty after a disciplinary process, the Teachers Services Commission (TSC) said. A Child Welfare Society of Kenya has urged the director of public […]

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