The compound of Alfatah Primary in Garissa Township, on January 1, 2014. The school was ranked second to last in the 2013 Kenya Certificate of Primary Education results. PHOTO | ABDIMALIK HAJIR NATION MEDIA GROUP
By ABDIMALIK HAJIR
Wednesday, January 1, 2014
Garissa county governor Nathif Jama has called a crisis meeting with county director of education Adan Sheikh Abdullahi to discuss the county's poor performance following the release of the Kenya Certificate of Primary Education results on Tuesday.
County director of communications Abdikadir Sugow confirmed to the Nation that the governor and county education officials will meet on Thursday and give a joint statement on the way forward for education in the county.
He said the governor and education officials are analysing the results because teachers, parents and leaders are concerned about county's academic performance.
This comes after Alfatah Primary School recorded a mean score of 157 marks out of a possible 500 marks. (READ: Garissa home to school that pulled the tail)
Religious and political leaders in the county have expressed their disappointment and displeasure at the results.
“The KCPE results of Fafi constituency and the Garissa county at large are shocking and disappointing, the district education officials must be held accountable on the exam failure,” said Fafi Member of Parliament Elias Bare.
The MP said the Teachers Service Commission had failed because there county lacks good teachers.
“Kenya celebrated 50 years of independence but still we have nothing to show in terms of education, we are telling the President we have nothing to celebrate with these kind of results,” said the legislator on phone.
He said what political leaders can do is to build classrooms with the Constituency Development Funda money, which he said he has done but wondered what the purpose of building classrooms was when the results are poor.
Supreme Council of Kenya Muslims (SUPKEM) Chairman Abdullahi Salat said it was very unfortunate that the county performed poorly, adding that the blame can not go to one school ranked last nationally but the county as a whole.
He urged education officials to constitute a committee to investigate the perennial exam failure in the county.
Source: Daily Nation