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Views: Visits 10 On Monday, Regional Development Principal Secretary Margaret Mwakima was wrapping up inspection of school reopening in Kilifi when she met a shock of her life. On entering Mtomondoni Primary School in Mtwapa, accompanied by journalists, she found hundreds of pupils sitting on logs and stones, writing on their laps — some sweating under scorching sun. Dr Mwakima had visited several other schools in the county and witnessed similar scenes but this one left her ashamed, making her leave in a huff without addressing the media. Mtomondoni in one of the thousands of prim...

THE STANDARD By Augustine Oduor | January 9th 2021 at 00:00:00 GMT +0300 Pupils observe Covid-19 guidelines by social distancing. [Jonah Onyango, Standard] Education stakeholders say the prolonged closure of schools may have resulted in learning losses, which may be unearthed by the evaluation. Over 30,000 schools have up to the end of next week to prepare children for mass assessments to evaluate learners’ understanding of subjects, 10 months after closure of schools. The Kenya National Examinations Council (Knec) said the Learning Continuity in Basic Education (LCBE) assessments should ...

THE STANDARD By Standard Team | January 4th 2021 at 00:00:00 GMT +0300 Lake Baringo Secondary School in Baringo North. Its flooding has been caused by the rising waters of Lake Baringo. [File, Standard] After staying at home for 10 months as a result of the Covid-19-imposed holiday, some learners will resume school today in very difficult circumstances.  In Elgeyo Marakwet, over 200 students of a school buried by landslides in April last year will be relocated, awaiting completion of a new school, which is under construction. Students of Liter Girls Secondary School, which was located on t...

Back to School: MPs Express Concern Over Unpreparedness Education Cabinet Secretary George Magoha at a school in Nyeri on October 28, 2020. File Members of Parliament representing Kiambu County on Monday, December 28, raised a number of concerns regarding the level of preparedness for the reopening of schools set for January 4. Speaking to the media on behalf of his colleagues, Kiambu Township MP Jude Jomo decried the lack of vital funding for primary schools in the region. "We have not received the funds as yet in our primary schools. We have tried talking to our friends because we want to ...

THE STANDARD By Fred Kibor | December 25th 2020 at 00:00:00 GMT +0300 From left, Michele Jepng’etich 3, Collins Kemboi 9, Brian Kemboi at Kapsowar village in Elgeyo Marakwet County after receiving donation from well-wishers on December 2, 2020. [Peter Ochieng, Standard] Brian Kemboi, a Grade Four pupil, has been fending for his siblings and ailing mother after their father walked out. The family has been living in abject poverty, in a makeshift structure under a tree as their home at Sitat village on the fringes of Embobut forest, Elgeyo-Marakwet County. They were squatters in the forest ...