By Raisa Okwaras, A group of women in the White Nile area in Sudan is championing their children’s education by building them classrooms. Jwairya Schools came to life after a group of women in Jwairya would take in donations to build a classroom every year. In the beginning, however, they used impermanent material for the …
By Raisa Okwaras, Two high school students of Kisii School have been caught with rolls of bhang which they were smuggling to school in peculiar ways. The two were caught after the institutions brought in police sniffer dogs for an impromptu search. What was predestined to be a normal first day of classes ended up …
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By Lydia Gichuki Parents and secondary school students from Northern Samburu are unsure of resuming school as the region is being ravaged by drought that has left many in poverty. It is estimated that more than 13,000 students in over 60 schools in Marsabit and Samburu counties are struggling to stay in or out of …
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Tanzanian’s Teen mothersheave a sigh of relief and set to enjoy their right to education By Constance Ndeleko Dodoma 24/11/21; Tanzanian government will now allow all students who dropped out of school due to various reasons including pregnancy to return to school in a formal system after giving birth, says Prof Joyce Ndalichako while briefing …
In court papers that the ministry failed to implement the orders and when asked to explain their inaction said county officials had failed to submit the necessary application By Ivy Maloy The Ministry of Education and the National Land Commission (NLC) have been sued over a parcel of land where Kiembeni Baptist Primary School stands. …
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Kambaa Girls High School in Lari has been closed down indefinitely following a fire outbreak By Ivy Maloy Kambaa Girls High School in Lari, Kiambu County, has been closed indefinitely following a fire that razed down a dormitory. The school’s Board of Management Chair Mukua Ngatia said they decided to close the institution as it …
The government would be on the lookout to ensure that no child is disadvantaged in their efforts to access quality education By Ivy Maloy Boarding secondary schools to be abolished gradually as directed by the Education Cabinet Secretary George Magoha announced rejecting a proposal for the immediate closure of boarding institutions. The Professor argued that …
Child holding EndFGM placard By Diana Meneto It was in December 2013, when Naneu Timpani overheard her parents planning her circumcision ceremony. By then, she was only 12 years old but understood the consequences of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM). “Through older friends in school who had gone through the rite, I knew that not only …
Children Voices By Manga, 15 years. Mental health is one of the biggest issues affecting many of my peers, that must be curbed before it blows out of proportion. Most of mental health illnesses that adolescents go through are depression, anxiety and stress. This is brought about by instances like; too much work load at …
Joseph Kimani accompanied by a seven year who also claimed he was out of school due to a lack of uniform By Veronica Bosibori Despite the governments’ directive to the chiefs and educational officials to ensure that every school-going child attends school, there are children roaming the streets of Nakuru town and a number of …
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