{"id":464517,"date":"2011-07-20T07:39:13","date_gmt":"2011-07-20T07:39:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/07\/20\/teacher-truancy-shortchanges-pupils\/"},"modified":"2011-07-20T07:39:13","modified_gmt":"2011-07-20T07:39:13","slug":"teacher-truancy-shortchanges-pupils","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/07\/20\/teacher-truancy-shortchanges-pupils\/","title":{"rendered":"Teacher Truancy Shortchanges Pupils"},"content":{"rendered":"<div readability=\"73.5198150594\">\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nation.co.ke\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/allafrica.com\/img\/static\/publishers\/minibanners\/nation180.jpg\" alt=\"The Nation (Nairobi)\" title=\"Visit The Nation (Nairobi)\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Benjamin Muindi<\/p>\n<p>19 July 2011<\/p>\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<p>Nairobi \u2014 Absenteeism by teachers is contributing to poor performance in public primary schools, a new report says.<\/p>\n<p>At least 13 per cent of teachers are never in class on any given day, forcing colleagues to manage an average of 52 pupils in a class, a deviation from accepted 40 pupils.<\/p>\n<p>But a teacher in Western Kenya has 64 pupils in a class, findings by education think-tank Uwezo show.<\/p>\n<p>This shortage, added to the absenteeism portends low education quality, officials say.<\/p>\n<p>There are about 20,000 public primary schools in Kenya, meaning that shortage is higher than often quoted by education officials.<\/p>\n<p>The Kenya National Union of Teachers (Knut) quickly commented on the matter, saying members should abide by the code of conduct.<\/p>\n<p>Knut deputy secretary general Xavier Nyamu said the government needed to pay teachers well to curb the temptation of doing other business during school hours.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Vision 2030 also states that the government needs to employ 28,000 new teachers by next year,&#8221; he said. Uwezo launched the annual report on Tuesday at the Kenya Institute of Education.<\/p>\n<p>Dr Sara Ruto, head of Uwezo, said it was not enough to send pupils to schools but equally critical to ensure they received meaningful education.<\/p>\n<p>Dr Ruto assessed learning in 3,600 schools and interviewed 306,000 primary school children in 72,000 homes in all the 47 counties.<\/p>\n<p>Similar to a report her organisation launched last year, Kenyan children continue to exhibit low basic skills in computing numbers and words.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Like last year, evidence confirms that only 28 per cent (or three out of 10 ) children in Class Three can read a Class Two level story,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n<p>At the same time, four out 100 children in Class Eight cannot read a Class Two level story although there are slight improvements this year.<\/p>\n<p>The findings state that learning levels are poorest in the arid and semi-arid areas and Western province.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Learning levels in Western are 28 per cent lower than in Central and 12 per cent lower than the national average,&#8221; the report says.<\/p>\n<p>Children in arid areas have lower skills, are absent from school often, have fewer teachers and poor facilities, according to the findings.<\/p>\n<p>Kenya is a signatory to the United Nations Dakar Framework for Action to achieve education for all by 2015.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;As the clock ticks down in a countdown to 2015, it becomes especially vital to monitor our progress,&#8221; Dr Ruto said.<\/p>\n<p>The report also brought to the fore the issue of children who cannot learn because they are visually impaired. Three out of 100 children in a class today may have the problem.<\/p>\n<p>The learning levels of these children were found to be 27 per cent lower than their able-bodied colleagues, with most cases in North Eastern largely hit.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<fieldset>\n<legend align=\"center\"><strong>More News on allAfrica.com<\/strong><\/legend>\n<\/fieldset>\n<p>AllAfrica &#8211; All the Time<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>See original article:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/allafrica.com\/stories\/201107200159.html\" title=\"Teacher Truancy Shortchanges Pupils\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Teacher Truancy Shortchanges Pupils<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> Benjamin Muindi 19 July 2011 Nairobi \u2014 Absenteeism by teachers is contributing to poor performance in public primary schools, a new report says. 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