Education CS Ogamba Declares Stance on Closure of 348 Schools

Education CS Ogamba Declares Stance on Closure of 348 Schools

Education CS Ogamba while Appearing before the Senate’s Education Committee highlighted that the government followed the right process to close the schools and that they will only be reopened when they comply with the required regulations.

The Education Committee argued that it had received complaints that the exercise was unfair including some schools with no boarding sections being listed for closure.

According to Joe Nyutu the chairman of the committee, several schools complained that the Ministry had directed them to do some changes but never got back to confirm whether the changes were made before listing them for closure.

Defending the move, Ogamba revealed that the Ministry did not close any school that met the requirements.

Ogamba emphasised that the Ministry will not change its stance to accommodate schools that did not meet the threshold.

This comes after a section of school heads revealed that they were wrongly listed and did not have a boarding section.

One school in Nairobi is among the schools that were listed for closure but does not have a boarding section.

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