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Revealed: What school heads want changed in Ruto education reforms plan

Revealed: What school heads want changed in Ruto education reforms plan

School heads push for establishment of a new career progression structure.

President William Ruto and Kenya National Union of Teachers Secretary-General Collins Oyuu with Taraab dancers after the Head of State addressed the Kenya Comprehensive Schools Heads Association (KECSHA) Annual General Meeting and Conference at Sheikh Zayed Children Welfare Centre in Nyali, Mombasa on November 12, 2026.

School heads want the government to establish a new career progression structure that recognises their expanded responsibilities under the comprehensive school system, as well as fast-track legislation to clarify how the institutions will be governed and financed.

The Kenya Comprehensive School Heads Association (KECSHA) is asking the Teachers Service Commission (TSC) to review and harmonise promotion structures for heads of institutions to reflect their increased leadership and administrative responsibilities.

Discrepancies expose gaps in systems used to capture, verify and update school enrolment data.

He made the pronouncements amid longstanding concerns over career stagnation in the teaching profession.

One teacher was spotted filling a bottle with seawater to take home.

Some registered schools have no learners on record.

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Tragedy struck as the workers were returning home at the end of their day shift.

Before taking a bath, she would reach for a bottle to steady herself.

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