Education CS Fred Matiang’i yesterday said county commissioners
should chair the County Education Boards since Education
is a national function.
He said the support the ministry received from the county
commissioners has made a big difference in the coordination
of this year’s national exams.
Matiang’i spoke in Machakos after he visited several
schools on the last day of KCSE. “County commissioners
are the coordinators of the national government functions
in counties and it will be easy for us as a ministry to work
with them.
Th e management of this year’s exams is a good example of
what the commissioners can do to restore sanity in schools,”
he said.
Th e CS said the constitutional amendments that saw the
county commissioners deprived of the mandate to chair education
boards was a big mistake.
He said since the county commissioners stopped chairing
these boards, education in schools has been infiltrated by
politicians.
Matiang’i said this has also led to some boards
charging parents illegal levies.
He said the success in the coordination of the exams has
been as a result of a well-formed inter-agency team from the
Education, ICT and Interior ministries. Matiang’i said the
ministry is committed to restoring the integrity of exams.
