Head of schools and board of management have been warned against public fund mismanagement but asked to ensure the proper use.
Speaking at Olepito Sub location, Teso South Deputy County Commissioner, John Kichwen, said there are 3 cases involving mismanagement of funds by the school managements under investigation in the sub-county.
“Many of our secondary school management in this Sub County are engaging in mismanagement of funds yet results in examinations have remained poor. Three schools are currently under investigation for misusing money totaling more than sh. 70 million. This is a lot of money that could have brought a lot of development in our sub county and we cannot allow this to continue,” he said.
Kichwen urged all those involved in the management of schools to ensure that the public money has been used in an appropriate way.
“Let’s sit down as stakeholders and have a conversation on matters of education and teachers so that we can improve the education level in our sub county. The performance in our schools is not good and that goes to an extent of affecting our children and that’s why you will find the insecurity cases. If we invest in academics, we will rescue our youths from insecurity engagement cases,” added Kichwen.
His sentiments were echoed by Teso South Sub County OCPD, Francis Gachogi, who urged parents to ensure they support teachers to promote education.
“Education is the pillar that will help to shape our community. Let us support the teachers together with our children because education is power and equalizer,” said Gachogi.
Gachogi urged them to instill good morals to the children where he asked them to be good examples to their children.
“When you as a parent don’t have good character at home, don’t expect your children to have good character even at school. Behavior of a child begins from home. Let us discipline our children to show them good direction from our home. Let’s counsel them and mentor them for they will be great leaders of tomorrow,” he said.
Teso South Sub County KNUT secretary General, Geoffrey Ekasiba, asked parents to engage in dialogue with teachers to ensure there is good performance in schools.
“Let us not put politics in education, as doing so will interfere with the quality of our education. We had an incident where a parent mishandled a teacher, which was not acceptable. If we want good education for our children, parents and teachers should work together for their benefit. If there is any problem, dialogue should be the first priority,” he said.
By Rodgers Omondi
