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Close schools a week earlier, says Sossion

KNUT secretary general Wilson Sossion (left) with his chairman Mudzo Ndzili  [PHOTO BY GIDEON MAUNDU/STANDARD].

The giant teachers union will ask its members to ground operations in public schools if they are not closed a week earlier to calm tensions in learning institutions.

Kenya National Union of Teachers’ (KNUT) secretary general Wilson Sossion said Education CS Fred Matiang’i must make a quick decision to close schools early because students are fatigued and explained that the fires in schools indicated that learners were stressed.

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