Murang'a public schools crowded due to ban on levies

MURANG’A: Stopping secondary schools from collecting development levies has led to congestion in classes and dormitories. According to Murang'a Secondary School Heads Association chair Willie Mwangi Kuria, this has been the situation in many institutions in the last two years following a Government order.

Some schools have been forced to rehabilitate unused facilities and turn them into classrooms and dormitories to accommodate more learners. Speaking to The Standard on Friday last week, after chairing a head teachers' meeting, Kuria said majority of the extra county schools were forced to admit large number of students with less than 300 marks in KCPE.