Why are student setting schools on Fire? By Constance Ndeleko On Monday morning 8th November 2021, two schools including Maranda High School and Mwala Girls High School went up in flames raising the number to over 35 countrywide. A police report indicated that in Maranda, the fire destroyed a dormitory that housed 200 students while another […]
A major crisis is looming as secondary schools struggle to accommodate the high number of students By Ivy Maloy A major crisis is looming as secondary schools struggle to accommodate the high number of students in order to meet the government’s 100 per cent primary to secondary transition policy. Other pupils in the countryside were
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By Ivy Maloy Schools to be closed until further notice? Are we ready this time round? Well, whether or not we are, we really don’t have an option. For school going children who had been home for almost a year, some maybe happy to stay home but some may not be. Waking up every day
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Bungoma county executive for health Dr. Anthony Walela at a previous function. By Lydia Wanaswa Bungoma County in partnership with the Ministry of Education has embarked on an exercise that will see at least 600,000 pupils in primary schools in the County de-wormed. Speaking to KNA, County Executive Committee member for Health Dr. Anthony Walela pointed out
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University don, Dr. Kut Ochogo issues a uniform to one of the needy Mulaha primary school pupil By Philip Onyango A university don Dr. Kut Ochogo has called for harmonization of corporal punishment, guidance and counselling to curb rising cases on indiscipline in schools. Ochogo said whereas corporal punishment was outlawed, it could still be
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The Director of criminal investigations has warned students against engaging in criminal activities following an increase of arson in schools. By Collins Orono Students have been warned against involvement in arson following such incidences in the recent past where students destroyed properties in schools. The Director of criminal investigations on Monday warned students in Secondary schools,
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Every child has a right, children deserve to thrive even in tough and uncertain situations. They need to be assured of a better future and we need to fulfill our promises to protecting them. |By Constance Ndeleko| For a child to develop and mature emotionally and socially, they need support and consistency for them to
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Malawi President Lazarus Chakwera has ordered for the immediate closure of all schools to curb the spread of Covid19 By Collins Orono Malawi’s President Lazarus Chakwera on January 17 closed all schools in the country with immediate effect as a means of curbing the spread of COVID-19. Malawian media reported that President Chakwera said the government
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Photo courtesy: BBC By Reuters The British government has announced that all London primary schools will remain closed for the next two weeks to counter the rapid spread of a more infectious variant of the COVID-19 virus, the capital’s mayor said on Friday. Education minister, Gavin Williamson, on Wednesday outlined a plan to delay the
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By Constance Ndeleko The uncertainty of when and how schools will re-open is still a baffle to many of us. Governments are working hard enough to ensure that they priorities the well-being of children. As the pandemic poses a grave threat to the world’s children; mortality rate for healthy children infected by the virus has
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