Huge Challenge for Kenyan Secondary Schools in 2021
The re-opening of schools in Kenya will be difficult. Today Term One of the academic year begins. Last year nearly 750,000 students left secondary schools, with 1.2M now expected to join Form One - an additional 450,000 students. The result will be overcrowding and reduced opportunity for quality education. The full academic year will take 30 weeks instead of the usual 39 with terms and holidays shortened.
Many schools are creating extra space, including classrooms, dormitories, laboratories and libraries to accommodate larger numbers of learners. For example, Chavakhali HS located near Kakamega, is expected to rise to 2,100 when Form Ones report - 500 over capacity.
And all this in the face of Covid19, where only 20% of the Kenyan population has received one vaccination. The risk of coronavirus explosion in congested schools remains high. Data from the Health ministry indicates that the positivity rate is 12%. There are also fears that movement of millions of learners and teachers to various destinations across the country could trigger a surge in the infection rate.
This year CES Canada welcomes 20 students registered in eleven secondary schools. Scholarships include tuition fees, school uniform, nutrition and health program support. CES provides supervision and counselling through school visitations and ongoing communications with school staff.
Pictured here is CES graduate Peter Misungu (2014) in a dramatic presentation, playing the part of Principal who was sending a student home for lack of school fees. Sadly this gifted young man passed away in March 2020.
Many schools are creating extra space, including classrooms, dormitories, laboratories and libraries to accommodate larger numbers of learners. For example, Chavakhali HS located near Kakamega, is expected to rise to 2,100 when Form Ones report - 500 over capacity.
And all this in the face of Covid19, where only 20% of the Kenyan population has received one vaccination. The risk of coronavirus explosion in congested schools remains high. Data from the Health ministry indicates that the positivity rate is 12%. There are also fears that movement of millions of learners and teachers to various destinations across the country could trigger a surge in the infection rate.
This year CES Canada welcomes 20 students registered in eleven secondary schools. Scholarships include tuition fees, school uniform, nutrition and health program support. CES provides supervision and counselling through school visitations and ongoing communications with school staff.
Pictured here is CES graduate Peter Misungu (2014) in a dramatic presentation, playing the part of Principal who was sending a student home for lack of school fees. Sadly this gifted young man passed away in March 2020.
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