80% of BOM Teachers Earn Less Than Sh10,000 Monthly Salary — Survey
The “Foundation Literacy and Numeracy Assessment (FLANA),” part of the Usawa Agenda 2023, reveals that 8 out of 10 teachers employed by Boards of Management (BOM) earn less than Sh 10,000 per month.
Additionally, two out of every ten BOM teachers make between Sh10,000 and Sh20,000 per month.
Emmanuel Manyasa, Executive Director of Usawa Agenda, emphasized the financial difficulties that schools face in paying BOM teachers and called for government assistance, saying, “The government should consider factoring in money for BOM teachers because parents are not always able to.”
Dr. Manyasa presented the findings at the Kenya Institute of Curriculum Development (KICD) offices in Nairobi, emphasizing the need for long-term financing sources.
The survey further stated that in rural regions, parents pay Sh70 out of every Sh100 to BOM teachers, while government capital provides Sh7 out of every Sh100. In terms of government capitation, urban areas receive Sh6.2 for every Sh100.
Private schools typically outperform public schools in terms of facilities, with seven out of ten public schools and nine out of ten private schools having full fencing.
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According to the survey, instances of youngsters sitting on the floor occur in one out of every ten public schools and three out of every hundred private schools.
According to the report, private schools had smaller class sizes than public schools, with an average seventh grade class in a private school having fewer than one-third the number of students in a public school.
The retention rate appears to be high, with a consistent number of streams across all grades in both rural and urban schools.
The report also expresses concern about the growing number of out-of-school children, which will rise from 7.5% in 2021 to 8.5% in 2023.
The seven counties with the highest percentage of out-of-school children are Mandera, Marsabit, Turkana, Samburu, West Pokot, Tana River, and Wajir.
Furthermore, the study discovered that children from families with heads who lack formal education are more likely to be absent from school. Four out of ten students who left the previous year cited a lack of school fees as the cause.
In a comparison of private and public schools, the report finds that students in private schools do better in English literacy and numeracy.
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The report suggests addressing concerns about the expense of the Competency-Based Curriculum (CBC), with 74.8% of parents expressing a desire for cost reductions.
Finally, the research throws attention to many difficulties in the education sector, emphasizing the necessity for government help in guaranteeing fair compensation for BOM instructors and resolving discrepancies in facilities and learning outcomes between private and
80% of BOM Teachers Earn Less Than Sh10,000 Monthly Salary — Survey
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