CS Machogu issues new directives to teachers Before schools reopen,
CS Machogu issues new directives to teachers before schools reopen.
As schools get ready to resume on May 8, Ezekiel Machogu, the cabinet secretary for education, gave stringent instructions to principals on Tuesday, May 2.
Following reports of possible food poisoning in some schools, Machogu urged head teachers to make sure the meals served to students are healthy.
he CS also demanded that all institutions across the nation conduct routine inspections of the drinking and cooking water they use.
To prevent any injury to pupils, Mochogu said that “school administration and teachers must ensure the safety of meals and drinking water served to students.”
Machogu delivered the comments at Jamhuri High School in Nairobi’s grounds during the 7th graduation ceremony for Kenya Education Management Institute (KEMI).
At the same time, the CS warned instructors against using corporal punishment on kids and urged them to stop using it.
Machogu cautioned that if a teacher engaged in corporal punishment, they would be treated as criminals and faced with legal charges.
He added that school administrators should handle the Ksh9.6 billion in government funding for junior secondary schools with caution.
He at the same time explained that the government was working on measures to streamline the curriculum by reducing the number of subjects being taught in schools.
While responding to concerns about challenges facing junior secondary schools, the CS confirmed that the government was partnering with the World Bank to equip science laboratories in the schools.
His directives came a month after Mukumu Girls and Butere Boys High Schools in Kakamega county were closed after a disease outbreak. At Sacred Heart Mukumu, the disease led to the deaths of 3 students and a teacher, sparking widespread uproar.
On April 5, the Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI) reported that students at Mukumu Girls’ High School had amoebic gastroenteritis in addition to other infections.
The majority of kids reported having severe stomach problems and abdominal pain.
According to Susan Nakhumicha, the health cabinet secretary, a large number of students in Kakamega had to be admitted to various medical institutions due to the infection.
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