Tension as Eregi Girls parents threaten to storm school, eject Deputy Principal over brutality

A storm is brewing at St Theresa’s Eregi Girls High School in Kakamega county after parents threatened to storm the school and eject the institution’s top administration.

The bone of contention arises from what the parents termed as brutal, unfair, and insensitive treatment of students at the school with blame being heaped on the deputy principal.

The deputy principal, is being accused of highhandedness and lack of empathy in the treatment of the girls.

Recently, videos made rounds on the internet showing girls locked outside the school gate under heavy rainfall an incident that has irked the parents.

Also, a section of parents has also taken issue with some teachers tasked with the task of being Class Teachers who are said to use personal information to attack, blackmail, insult, ridicule and shame some of the girls under their care.

The Class Teachers are said to use privileged information to ridicule students before others especially those who come from humble backgrounds making them lose self-esteem and confidence.

In addition, the deputy principle, identified as Edith Amagoye, is said to be rude and full of pride and selectively responds to parents.

“She never picks calls. And if you go to the school, she will show you real arrogance without a care in the world,” a parent who sought anonymity confided in this writer for fear of their child being victimized.

The deputy principal is also accused of deciding to kick-out students for school fees barely days after the girl’s resumed school after the half-term break.

More disturbing, is the fact that even those with a balance as low as KS200 were told to go home and collect the money.

Parents feel that this is an unfair treatment as the term is just at the middle and the teacher should consider the prevailing circumstances.

“We fully understand and know that we should pay school fees for the school to run its activities. But is it fair to kick out students from school just three days after the half term break?

“We know of parents who are struggling but have scattered payments every month to reduce their burden. It’s very unfair to keep the students on the road unnecessarily,” the group of parents said as they threatened to storm the school and have an audience with the administration and if talks fail, force the deputy principal out.

However, they have called on fellow parents to adhere to their payment agreements so as not to paralyse learning activities of their children.

At the same time, they have threatened to publicly reveal the identities of the teachers who misuse privileged information at their disposal to victimize students if action is not taken immediately.