PREMIUM End of Term 2: How fires, funding and CBE challenges tested Kenya’s longest school period Education Just now Listen

Photo credit: Wilfred Nyangaresi | Nation Media Group Education Cabinet Secretary Julius Ogamba responded by appointing a multi-agency task force to investigate the unrest.

Basic Education Principal Secretary John Ololtuaa urged parents and religious leaders to share responsibility for discipline, while the ministry pledged to strengthen guidance and counselling and review the second-term calendar, the longest in the school year.

Photo credit: Vitalis Kimutai | Nation Media Group School heads said the unrest reflected broader challenges, including mental health, drug abuse, social media influence, indiscipline and difficulties adjusting to boarding school life.