MoE Responds To Delayed Schools Reopening Dates. Cabinet Secretary Ezekiel Machogu is in charge of the Ministry of Education. He has sent out a memo instructing chiefs of regional education to evaluate the effects of the recent floods.
The Ministry will consider the results of this study when deciding whether to move forward with the planned reopening of schools the following week.
The memo emphasizes how critical it is to look into the harm that severe rains have done to schools around the country.
The information gathered will be shared with the Education in Emergencies cluster working group and will be essential for planning.
Depending on the assessment results, the Ministry may consider postponing the school reopening to allow for necessary repairs.
The responsibility of supervising the data collection process falls on regional directors, who have until April 26 to turn in their findings.
The Kenya Meteorological Department’s most recent weather forecast indicates that strong rains will persist until April 29. This will be in a number of locations, with flooding and landslides probable in susceptible areas.
Notable regions at risk include parts of the,
- Rift Valley
- Lake Victoria Basin
- Nairobi County.
Over 40,000 people have already been affected by the continuing floods, which have also claimed at least 32 deaths.
According to the Kenya National Highways Authority, major roads like Mombasa Road and Thika Road are partially closed. This is as a result of floods (KeNHA).
Additionally, Next Monday, despite the continuous severe rains and flooding across the nation, schools will return for the second term.
MoE Responds To Delayed Schools Reopening Dates
Nevertheless, On Thursday, Belio Kipsang, the principal secretary for basic education, announced that a multi-agency team had been established by the government to address the aftermath of the intense rains.
The second term of classes is scheduled to resume on April 29.
“I know that we have had a lot of rain this year, and I know that the President gave a multi-agency team instructions yesterday to handle the challenges that have resulted from the rain,” Kipsang remarked. This was at the first-ever Annual Symposium on Competency-Based Assessment in Nairobi, the PS gave a speech.