New Directives to School Heads Issued by CS Machogu
New Directives to School Heads Issued by CS Machogu . On May 2, the cabinet secretary for education, Ezekiel Machogu, gave harsh instructions to administrators. This occurs as students get ready to return to class on May 8.
Machogu urged head teachers to make sure that the food served to children is nutritious. After learning of reports of possible food poisoning in several schools, he insisted on this.
The CS required regular checks of the water used for cooking and drinking by all institutions around the nation.
Mochogu stated that “school administration and teachers must ensure the safety of meals and drinking water served to students” in order to prevent any injuries to students.
Machogu made the remarks at the Kenya Education Management Institute (KEMI)’s seventh graduation ceremony, which was held on the grounds of Jamhuri High School in Nairobi.
New Directives to School Heads Issued by CS Machogu
The CS also advised teachers to stop using corporal punishment on children and issued warnings against it.
Machogu warned that if a teacher used physical punishment, they would be considered criminals and prosecuted.
He further stated that administrators should exercise caution when using the Ksh9.6 billion in government financing for junior secondary schools.
The administration was working on efforts to streamline the curriculum by lowering the amount of courses taught in schools, he added at the same time.
Concerned about the difficulties junior secondary schools faced, the CS acknowledged that the government was working with the World Bank to provide the schools’ science labs.
His instructions were issued a month after the closure of the Mukumu Girls and Butere Boys High Schools in Kakamega County due to an illness outbreak. Three pupils and a teacher died at Sacred Heart Mukumu as a result of the illness, setting off a huge controversy.
According to a report from the Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI) on April 5, children at Mukumu Girls’ High School also had various diseases in addition to amoebic gastroenteritis.
The majority of kids expressed acute stomach pain and discomfort.
The health cabinet secretary, Susan Nakhumicha, asserts that a large number of Kakamega students had to be admitted to several hospitals as a result of the infection.
Kids are anticipated to return to school on August 11 for the second semester.