A REPORT SHOWS THAT BOARDING SCHOOLS ARE NOW DEATH TRAPS.
Boarding schools are now death traps, according to a report. According to a recent report by the Usawa Agenda, there are serious safety risks in most boarding schools in the nation, which raises serious worries about the wellbeing of the students.
The research claims that schools are ill-prepared for disasters, and that the distance between dorm beds frequently does not meet safety regulations. Remarkably, it was discovered that less than half of the boarding schools evaluated across the country complied with safety requirements.
The alarming situation of school safety was highlighted by the Usawa Agenda’s secondary school survey report, which was revealed during a presentation on Wednesday.
Even after the 2008 Safety Standards Manual for Schools was published, only 21.3% of mixed sub-county schools adhere to the safety requirements for dorm space.
With the exception of private schools, compliance rates are lower in girls’ schools than in boys’. Furthermore, mixed schools frequently disregard safety procedures, in contrast to special schools.
Moreover, a considerable proportion of educational institutions do not have clearly labeled fire and emergency assembly areas, suggesting that administrators generally are not aware of or enforcing safety regulations.
The majority of schools report insufficient financial allocations for safety and security measures, which exacerbates safety difficulties. Remarkably, 28% of schools have no money at all set up for safety.
Furthermore, the 100% transition program’s increasing student population has resulted in a strain on resources and a breach of safety standards due to insufficient funding.
The CEO of Usawa Agenda, Emmanuel Manyasa, blames inadequate planning and misdirected priorities in school administrations for these difficulties.
He challenges the logic of spending money on extraneous amenities like school buses while ignoring the necessity of proper dorm facilities and other vital infrastructure.
Manyasa points out a wider disregard for safety issues that is visible not only in schools but also on the nation’s highways, criticizing government oversight organizations for their inability to guarantee the standard and safety of schools.
Smaller sub-county schools are disproportionately affected by the unequal distribution of resources, which leaves them understaffed and with inadequate resources in comparison to larger establishments.
The National Parents Association’s chairman, Silas Obuhatsa, expresses similar worries about student safety and emphasizes the critical need for more financing and support for safety efforts.
In a same vein, Loreto Kiambu Girls’ Chief Principal Lucy Njeri demands a more balanced distribution of funding based on the particular requirements of each school in order to solve infrastructure shortcomings and raise overall safety standards. Boarding schools are now death traps, according to a report
A REPORT SHOWS THAT BOARDING SCHOOLS ARE NOW DEATH TRAPS.
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