- The 2008 disaster policy document falls short of the challenges faced by schools after the introduction of 100 per cent transition policy.
- Knut official has blamed the non-implementation of the safety manual on high-level corruption at the Education ministry.
The Kenya Union of Post Primary Education Teachers has called for the review of the national disaster management policy, which it says is obsolete.
“We must ensure all schools meet the minimum requirements on safety to protect our children from death traps,” Kuppet chairman Omboko Milemba said four days after the Kakamega Primary School disaster in which 14 pupils died in a stampede.
Milemba, who is also the Emuhaya MP, said the document needed to be reviewed in view of the Jubilee government's 100 per cent transition policy that translates to more learners in schools.
The Kuppet chairman spoke when he led union national and branch officials in condoling with the Kakamega Primary fraternity.
He said the current disaster policy was prepared in 2008 and is inadequate to address the challenges faced by schools due to increased enrolment.
Secretary-general Akelo Misori asked Education Cabinet Secretary George Magoha to form a task force to review the document.
On Wednesday, Knut secretary general Wilson Sossion said that schools had become risky entities with the 100 per cent transition policy.
He also blamed the non-implementation of the safety manual on high-level corruption at the Education ministry.
Sossion called for a safety requirements compliance audit of all schools and action taken against the culprits.