Matiang'i gives school unrest task force 6 more weeks to finish probe
A firefighter from the Eldoret Fire Brigade examines students' boxes after a fire that gutted a dormitory on July 26, 2016. Education Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiang’i has extended by six weeks the term of the team formed to investigate unrest in schools. FILE PHOTO | JARED NYATAYA | NATION MEDIA GROUP
What you need to know:
- The decision to extend the term was arrived at after the team sought more time, saying it was yet to conclude its work.
- The team is required to review recommendations of past task forces on student unrest, assess implementation and suggest ways of incorporating some of the proposals.
- It will also audit school safety and security regulations and propose how to ensure higher discipline standards in schools.
Education Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiang’i has extended by six weeks the term of the team formed to investigate unrest in schools.
The eight-member special investigation panel of security experts and educationists was supposed to hand over its report on Friday.
The team, led by career provincial administrator Claire Omolo, had been given a month to probe the unrest that has led to the destruction of dormitories at more than 120 schools in the second term.
The decision to extend the term was reached after the team sought more time, saying it was yet to conclude its work.
As the team investigates student unrest, dormitories in more than five schools have been burnt in the third school term as more than 1.5 million candidates prepare to sit national examinations in November.
Other members of the team are Lilian Muli (assistant inspector-general of police), Patrick Mugo (Directorate of Criminal Investigations), Charles Khayira (Ministry of Education), James Kairu, (Ministry of Education), Loise Nyaseda (Teachers Service Commission), educationist Gracie Mullei and Lt-Col (Rtd) F.C. Mugambi.
The panel is required to review the recommendations of past task forces on student unrest, assess implementation and suggest ways of incorporating some of the proposals.
It will also audit school safety and security regulations and propose how to ensure higher discipline standards in schools.
