Kenya: Education CS Ogamba Defends Move to Close 348 Boarding Schools

Education Cabinet Secretary Julius Ogamba has defended the government’s move to close down 348 boarding schools countrywide.

Appearing before the Senate’s Education Committee, Ogamba revealed that the government followed the right process to close the schools and that they will only be reopened when they comply with the required regulations.

The Education Committee revealed that it had received complaints that the exercise was unfair and some schools that did not have boarding sections were…