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Let schools buy their own textbooks

The move by Education Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiang'i to stop teachers from buying books might not solve the problem of textbook to pupils ratio.

Dr Matiang'i is doing a good job but he was supposed to do further research from the teachers on why students are still sharing textbooks.

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