Karungu SDA Secondary in Kisii County closed indefinitely
Karungu SDA Secondary in Kisii County closed indefinitely. Karungu SDA Secondary School is a government sponsored school found at Etago, Kisii County. The school comprises of both boys and girls hence a Day Mixed School.
Karungu SDA Secondary School has a total population of 110 students as by last year 2022, teaching staff of 8 teachers.
Surprisingly this year 2023, as schools reopened from 23rd January 2023 for term one. There was only one student reporting back to school. This raised a concern to Education Board where it is required and documented that a school needs a certain number of students to be active.
Therefore, Kisii County Education Board has closed Karungu SDA Secondary School in Etago sub county after students failed to report during reopening of the first term.Speaking at the school, the Board Chairman Prof. Henry Onderi said that only one student reported at the school“It is only one student who reported at the school this year so we found it prudent to close it,” he said.
More updates are awaited from the Ministry of Education on the way forward. As the community seem to be concerned about this emerging case.