By MN Reporter

It was blows and kicks at Anindo Primary School in Awendo sub county as teachers drawn from various schools in Awendo,Rongo and Uriri sub counties engage each other in a fight over pay.

A programme dubbed Schools Improvement Plan (SIP) that was organized by World Bank in conjunction with the Kenya government under the Ministry of Education, science and technology to improve academic standard in the low performing schools turned chaotic on learning that they were given Only Ksh.1000 for the two day event instead of the agreed Ksh.1600 hence prompting the wrestle.

The SIP regional coordinator Dr Ann and Migori county coordinator Dr Mwamba had a rough time explaining circumstances to already charged teachers who attended the seminar.

More than 300 teachers drawn from the three sub counties were expected to have findings as well as lay foundations on the manner in which the low performing schools would have an environment for improvement in terms of its performance.

It took the intervention of KNUT secretary, Rongo branch Thomas Ochiel Awino to cool the participants who had roughed up the two officers accusing them of being fraudulent.

Mr.Awino however condemned the ugly incident saying that the officers must be blamed for the mess and threatened to take legal action on the organizers to have the teachers paid their dues.

“Teachers must be respected, and the officers take responsibility to apologize for the damage and pay their dues as agreed,” said Awino the selected teachers who included Head teachers and their deputies were drawn from schools that have not achieved a mean score above 230 in national exams for the last three years.