Schools come alive after strike with focus on recovering time lost

A cclass in session Monday at Ang’ongo Primary School in Muhoroni, Kisumu County, following the teachers decision to halt their strike. (Photo: Collins Oduor/Standard)

Public schools have reopened after a month-long strike by teachers, but the relief for students and parents has given way to other concerns about the shortest and critical term of the school calendar year.

Monday, parents and their children flocked to bus stations as boarding schools reopened, while schools that were ghost centres for the past few weeks suddenly came alive with ringing of bells and cheering as excited pupils played at break time.