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Is The Cane A Cure For Indiscipline?

There have been calls for the re-introduction of corporal punishment in schools to curb the unrest.

Many teachers in Kenya are deeply convinced that they cannot do without a cane. “There is no more effctive punishment than caning. A cane is the only language a student…

16 Year Old On Trial For Arson Worth Millions

The 16 year-old student who was arrested on September 28th stunned the court when he told the magistrate that he had no reason to torch the dormitories.

A Form One student at Cheptenye Boys High School in Kericho West district was arraigned before a Kericho court charged with setting four dormitories on fire last month destroying property…

Boy Sets 3 Dormitories Ablaze

Three dormitories were destroyed after two incidences of arson at the school.

Administration Police have been posted to patrol Cheptenye Secondary School in Kericho West after a series of fires that destroyed property worth 6 million shillings. The Principal Bernard Orwasa told…

Why Do Students Burn School Property?

It has been suggested that 70% of indiscipline in schools is a reflection of poor and irresponsible parenting.

Over the past four years more than 250 schools have suffered some form of arson by students, mostly in secondary schools. They have burnt down their classes, offices, dining halls…

KESSP: impact on access to, and quality of, education in Kenya

The KESSP II focus on delivering a suite of 23 cost-effective investment programmes that have measurable positive impact on access to, and quality of, education in Kenya. A number of…