The Teachers Service Commission (TSC) had announced that it will continue to sack teachers who sexually harass students.
And confirming this while appearing before the Senate Education Committee, TSC CEO Nancy Macharia said that for the last eight years, a total of 1,077 teachers have been sacked for having sexual relations with students.
Mrs Macharia insisted that the sacked teachers will not be allowed back to teach in any school in the country.
The report tabled before the committee indicated that among those sacked, 88 were from Kakamega, 61 from Kisii, Kitui (53), Homabay (61), Bungoma and Siaya both had (46).
The TSC boss asked all stakeholders to play their roles in order to address the crisis. On teenage pregnancies, Mrs Macharia said only two per cent of the teachers are involved while other people are responsible for 98 per cent of the cases.
She added that majority of pregnancies in schools affected students in day schools.Kenya National Union of Teachers Deputy Secretary-General Hesborne Otieno said the union will not protect teachers who sexually harass students.
Senate Education Committee Chairman Dr Christopher Langat (Bomet) asked all stakeholders to address the crisis which he noted was getting out of land.
Dr Langat criticised the Ministry of Education for failing to turn up during the session to explain the measures it had taken to address teenage pregnancies in schools.
“We had also expected the Interior ministry to tell us what they have taken against perpetrators of such crimes but they did not honour our invitation,” said Dr Langat.
Religious leaders who attended the forum asked the Ministry of Education to vet sex education curriculum. They said that any content that seeks to promote the use of contraceptives among students would be rejected.
The report ranked Narok county as the worst hit county by teenage pregnacies currently standing at 61%.
