CS Machogu gives new instructions to instructors Before schools reopen.
As schools are ready to reopen on May 8, Ezekiel Machogu, the cabinet secretary for education, gave head teachers severe instructions on Tuesday, May 2.
Weeks after incidences of suspected food poisoning were recorded in several schools, Machogu advised head teachers to make sure meals supplied to kids are safe to eat.
Additionally, the CS demanded that all institutions nationwide conduct routine inspections of the water used for cooking and drinking.
“School management and teachers must ensure the safety of meals and drinking water served to students to avoid possible harm to learners,” Mochogu said.
Machogu spoke at the seventh graduation ceremony of Kenya Education Management Institute (KEMI) on the campus of Jamhuri High School in Nairobi.
Simultaneously, the CS issued a warning that it was illegal for instructors to physically chastise their kids and asked them to stop.
“Once a teacher gets involved in corporal punishment, he or she will be handled as a criminal and will be charged in a court of law,” said Machogu.
In addition, he said that Ksh9.6 billion had been given to junior secondary schools by the government, and he advised school administrators to make responsible use of this money.
Simultaneously, he clarified that the administration was devising strategies to simplify the curriculum by decreasing the quantity of courses taught in schools.
In response to queries regarding difficulties junior secondary schools were facing, the CS stated that the government was working with the World Bank to outfit classrooms with scientific labs.
His orders were given one month after a sickness epidemic forced the closure of Kakamega County’s Mukumu Girls and Butere Boys High Schools. The illness claimed the lives of three kids and a teacher at Sacred Heart Mukumu, causing a great deal of controversy.
On April 5, the Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI) disclosed that Mukumu Girls’ High School students were afflicted with a dual infection of amoeba and gastroenteritis.
The majority of pupils reported having significant stomach aches and pains in their abdomens.
According to Health Cabinet Secretary (CS) Susan Nakhumicha, a number of students became infected and were admitted to several Kakamega-based hospitals.
Students will return to class for the second semester, which ends on August 11.
CS Machogu gives new instructions to instructors Before schools reopen.
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