The Teachers Service Commission (TSC) has transferred six teachers from St. Martin Mafuta Secondary School in Soy constituency. Teachers Service Commission boss Nancy Macharia. How St Martin Mafuta performed in KCSE The move by the teacher’s employers comes after irate parents stormed the school and forcefully ejected the school principal, blaming the teachers for the poor results in the 2023 Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) examinations. Citizen TV reported that the leading student in Mafuta stored a D+, followed by a D-, while the rest of the candidates scored an E. “Unalipa pesa 4 years mtoto akuje na D, how do you feel even if it is yourself?” one agitated parent posed. Protesting parents and residents assaulted the school principal, David Wafula, and the director of studies before chasing them away. Subscribe to watch new videos How TSC acted on protest at St Gabriel Isongo The development comes a few days after TSC transferred 17 teachers from St. Gabriel Isongo Secondary in Mumias East after residents stormed the school and attacked the principal over poor KCSE results. Outraged, the parents and students drove away the school principal, blaming him for the unsatisfactory results. In the video, one parent went to the principal’s office, manhandled him, and removed him before being chased away. Among the 179 candidates enrolled at the school, the recently released results revealed a distribution of one B, one B-, 8 Cs, 12 C-s, 24 D+s, 46 Ds, 79 D-s, and 4 Es. Following the unfortunate incident, the Teachers Service Commission (TSC) has withdrawn 17 teachers from the school. On Thursday, January 18, teaching at school was paralysed after all government-employed teachers were transferred to the neighbouring schools. What else you need to know Education Cabinet Secretary Ezekiel Machogu announced that over 494,000 candidates had scored D+ or below in KCSE. Parents and students were urged not to lose hope but to register at TVET centres to pursue other technical courses. Only 201,133 candidates managed to score university entry grades. Machogu called for a probe into circumstances that led to the over 48,000 E grades.
by Amos Khaemba