About 10,000 teachers will meet President Wiliam Ruto at State House in Nairobi on Saturday, where many issues afflicting them are expected to feature.

Among the groups of the teaching leadership invited for the state house visit include KNUT, KUPPET, TSC, Ministry of Education, and colleges, among others.

Teachers are likely to raise with the President the county’s ill preparedness to roll out the Competence Based Education ( CBE) next year.

Some counties like Busia have no single schools offering mechanics. Not a single school is offering power mechanics, electricity, building, and construction, among others.

Teachers had previously raised concerns about inadequate infrastructure.This will force them to undertake redirection of their resources to other counties that are prepared, noting that most of their top schools don’t meet the threshold owing to shortage of teachers.

Teachers Service Commission is likely to come under attack from teachers over the recent salary increment for teachers, which was met with frustration and disappointment.

The least paid teacher received Ksh36, with the highest paid teacher getting Ksh728, and yet landlords want to increase rent for teachers who live in those houses.

Other issues likely to feature is lack of infrastructure in most primary schools to alleviate the suffering teachers were facing owing to dilapidated schools infrastructure.

Teachers have complained that many classrooms are divided using plywood with some learners facing East and the others West, thus the need for concerted efforts to alleviate the problem. Schools lack laboratories for practicals.

KNUT is likely to raise opposition over planned transfer of Junior Secondary School teachers to Knut in the current Competence Based Education arrangement.

Other issues that are likely to feature with the head of state include shortage of teachers across board, employment of intern teachers, medical cover, and delocalization.

Parents have given their divergent opinion, urging the President to consider their plight ìnstead of only addressing issues pertaining to teachers.

The parents criticised the teaching fraternity for not being considerate by continually sending their children home, thus disrupting their learning process.

” We expected Free Primary Education, but we are forced to pay many things, including a chair and small table,” a parent said.

The parents have appealed to the president to order schools to stop frequently sending home of their children over failure to pay fees.

” It’s a common phenomenon to see our children being sent home over allegations that it’s the president’s order that such children should be sent home and that they pay their fees arrears,” they said.