About 100 Kenya Primary Schools Games teachers from Kakamega County today benefitted from the anti-doping seminar organised by the Anti-Doping Agency of Kenya (ADAK) today in kakamega County.
Drawn from the 13 sub counties of the larger county, the teachers who participated in anti-doping workshop will be spreading the gospel to the schools as a form of fighting the vice that has cropped into the country.
ADAK, in cooperation with the Ministry of Education Kakamega County and the Teachers Service Commission representatives in the County ADAK educators engaged games teachers through various anti-doping education topics in line with the World Anti-Doping Code 2021 and the various International Standards.
Speaking during the workshop, ADAK’s Director of Education and Research Agnes Mandu said they are they targeted various professional sports related personnel so as to instil the spirit of sport values and principles associated with clean sport.
“We appeal and urge our athlete support personnel to be on the lookout and ensure that they do not allow any person, be it a foreigner or a local who plans to dope our children to win in national and international sporting competition.” said Mandu.
Representing the ministry of education County Quality Assurance Officer Akoko Okayo who said: “I appreciate all the teachers who turned up and participated in the anti-doping workshop for their dedication and commitment in instilling the spirit of sport values and principles associated with clean sport among our school children in Kakamega County.”
Mandu added that ADAK is collaborating with Kenya Institute of Curriculum Development (KICD) to mainstream the spirit of sport values to children aged 16 years and below through Values-Based Education.
“This will go a long way to inculcating values such as honesty, fairness, health, respect for rules, respect for self and others and that winning is not everything, hence one can participate in sports just for fun and joy, among other values, to the school going children at a tender age,” she said.
Western Kenya Primary schools secretary Sarah Muhonja said the seminar has done was successful and hope they will help the upcoming sports family in the counties.