School Closed After Students Stage Protests
School Closed After Students Stage Protests
School Closed After Students Stage Protests
Following a student walkout on Monday, January 29, Kericho Tea High School has been shuttered indefinitely. The rest, according to headmaster David Kipsang, started at 9:30 am when students started throwing stones at windows and other objects.
To stop the conflict before it got out of control, local officials had to step in. But there were no arrests made. The principal was also urged by police and education stakeholders to temporarily close the school, and they promptly started an investigation to find out how much damage had been done.
“The students insisted that they wanted to return home. David Kipsang, the school administrator, said, “So we have released Form Twos, Threes, and Fours until a time the board will sit and decide when and how they will be coming back.” He also mentioned that Form One students were left behind to finish their studies. Sources close to the demonstration said that the students’ protest was directed against discrimination in extracurricular activities, inadequate nutrition, and corporal punishment.
In the meantime, the school administration started looking into the disturbances among the students, and in the next few days, it will provide a preliminary report outlining the major reason for the unrest.”An investigation is still underway. The investigations are being conducted by our quality assurance and standard team, and they will provide us with the complete report eventually,” Kipsang continued.
When classes restart, though, the students will also assist with investigations, and professors intend to motivate them to talk about the problems that concern them.Regarding the destruction of property during protests at schools, Ezekiel Machogu, the cabinet secretary for education, sent a strong warning to parents and students on January 19.
Machogu, in charge of the Elimu Scholarship campaign at the Bomas of Kenya, was concerned about the recent rise in school disruptions caused by parents and students protesting low academic performance. “While the invasion of teachers and attacks on schools is unfortunate, and we cannot be able to allow that to continue, we have to adopt careful and consolidation means of ensuring we do not deprive young innocent children of the right of education,” Machogu said.
