School heads transfer good for national cohesion, says Kaparo

According to Kaparo, transferring school heads far from their locality or place of origin will play a big role in promoting national cohesion among different communities in Kenya.

“This is a move that will enable Kenyan communities understand each other and co-exist peacefully,” said the NCIC boss.

Last week, a total of 557 primary and secondary school headteachers received letters of deployment to their new work stations effective January, a move that has elicited mixed reaction from different education stakeholders in the country.

The Kenya National Union of Teachers (KNUT) leadership has already threatened to call for a nationwide teachers’ strike in January if the ministry goes on to implement the mass transfers.

The teachers’ employer, however, insists that it is determined to effect the new deployments in a move they have termed ‘delocalizing institutions’.