肯尼亚当局说,在过去两年中,肯尼亚已经有1千多名教师因为性骚扰女孩遭到开除。教育部官员说,这些教师由于致使学生怀孕以及其他性侵犯行为而已经被开除。大多数性骚扰案件发生在公立学校。

除了被开除工作,一些教师还在法院受到刑事审判。官员说,今年到目前为止,有500多名教师因性骚扰被开除,去年开除了600个教师。

Kenyan authorities say more than 1,000 teachers have been fired during the past two years for sexually abusing girls.Education officials say the teachers have been dismissed for impregnating students and committing other sexual offenses. More of the cases have occurred in public schools.

In addition to being fired from their jobs, some of the teachers have faced criminal proceedings in courts. Officials say more than 500 teachers have been fired so far this year for committing sexual abuses, and that 600 were dismissed last year.