Ragia and Kiambogo secondary schools in Kiambu County have been shut down over poor performance during the 2024 KCSE examination.
Confirming the move was Lari Sub-county education officer Benjamin Muthengi who said some of the school facilities like classrooms have been converted into storage facilities.
Science laboratories, have also remained dormant and untouched since completion of practical examinations last year.
He stated,”The reason why the school (Ragi Secondary School) was closed was because of low enrollment. January this year, the school did not receive any students.”
Education stakeholders and political leaders in Lari now want a meeting convened in a bid to merge the two schools to improve the quality of education in the constituency.
One of the schools, Ragi Secondary School, had a mere student population of 150 from form one to form four distributed in two classes for each form.
Parents within the locality have opted to withdraw their children from the school and take them to neighbouring schools that have more students.
“There is a conversation we are having with the community and if in agreement, we will send a formal request to the Ministry to have the two schools merged and convert one of the buildings to something else,” Lari MP Mburu said.
The happens days it was discovered that a school in Mugwandi village in Kirinyaga County, has only one form two student and eight teachers, all employed by the Teachers Service Commission (TSC).
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