Education in the News
What newspapers today have covered about education?
The Nation
Read about the uproar from the ministry after a video of school girls being fumigated upon reporting circulated on social media.
https://nation.africa/kenya/news/education/uproar-video-schoolgirls-fumigation-covid-19--2474658
It is relief for the family of Teacher Emmy after police arrested her husband who doused her in petrol, leading to her death.
https://nation.africa/kenya/news/teacher-emmy-death-fire-joseph-tonui-arrested-2464054
Some private schools in slums in Nyali and Kisauni in Mombasa County become drug dens
The Standard
Read about the reality of children returning to school without school fees or face masks
https://www.standardmedia.co.ke/education/article/2001389996/learners-report-back-without-fees-masks
Your child could be subjected to random Covid-19 tests, MoE says
https://www.standardmedia.co.ke/education/article/2001389997/learners-to-get-random-virus-tests
Crowded schools after the shutdown of many private schools during the Covid-19 shutdown
People Daily
A strong editorial on keeping drugs out of schools
https://www.pd.co.ke/opinion/do-more-to-keep-drugs-out-of-schools-55473/
198 private schools did not reopen after the Covid-19 shutdown. Did the education sector receive a disproportionate blow?
