This
week’s calendar shows that KEPSHA conference will be held in Sheikh Zayed Centre
in Mombasa. The conference comes at a time when the education sector is
experiencing great turbulence. Will the conference address the very core issues in the sector?
The
Kenya Primary School Heads Association meeting 2015 will be addressed by the
Information Cabinet Secretary as well as the Cabinet Secretary for Education.
The conference will begin officially on Tuesday 4, 2015. The conference will
last for a period of one week.
The
theme of this year’s meeting is about inclusion of digital learning in primary
school education in Kenya. The meeting will be attended by 8,000 primary school
head teachers from the 47 counties.
Tough Times
The
head teachers’ conference is coming at a time when the teachers’ unions are
battling a pay battle at the courtrooms. There is a lot of activity over the
medical scheme for teachers. The last significant communication from the KEPSHA
on matter touching on teachers’ welfare was when it said that it approves job
evaluations to be conducted on teachers.
The
conference is also coming at a time when the education CS banned the August
2015 holiday tuition in all schools.