For the past many years, many Kenyan teachers have ‘gone back to class’ as they say to further their education. But as an educationist I am question the importance of this venture in amelioration of Kenya’s educational standards. This is because some of the courses undertaken by these teachers are not related at all with their area of specialization as far as pedagogy is concerned. Take for instance, teacher x teaching physics but is pursuing a masters in business administration! How will it help him improve as a teacher of physics? At the end of his studies, he is likely to write to the employer asking for an upward salary adjustment. There are many examples like this in Kenya. These examples can be likened to a bicycle mechanic going to train as a gardener, gets his gardening certificate then continue repairing bicylces as he demands for promotion for the course attended! This trend among teachers is eating into the country’s economy as it amounts to wastage of funds.

My humble request to the education stakeholders in the country is that they find ways of improving teachers’ welfare so that they don’t retort to unproductive means of scaling the professional ladder.