The ministry of education has announced the abolishment of boarding school for children in grades one to nine. This has been announced by new Basic Education Permanent Secretary Belio Kipsang.
According to Kipsang, this order will come into effect from January 2023 when children will resume for the new academic year.
“We must create a way in which we can be with our children and the only way is through day schooling. The first nine years of learning that are Grades 1 to 9, the direction that the government is taking will be day schooling,” Kipsang said.
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Kipsang has added that Kenya has the highest percentage of its children globally in boarding schools, standing at 28 per cent which is against the global rate in most countries which stand at 15 per cent.
Dr. Kipsang lamented that some parents had outsourced their parental responsibilities by admitting their underage children in boarding schools.
“We cannot outsource our responsibility as we parents, we only co-parent with teachers but we cannot outsource parenting from the teachers,” he.
“Going forward, day schooling will be the direction, that’s the only way we shall be able to engage with our children”
