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Unions reject ministry’s new ceiling on learning timetable

By Protus Onyango | Aug. 7, 2018

**A class at Nalekat Primary School in Tiaty, Baringo. Knut says such pupils will be disadvantaged.** [File, Standard]

Teachers unions and boards of management have vowed to oppose a Government directive on official teaching hours in schools.

A directive outlawing teaching before 8.30am and after 3.30pm for all day public and private institutions between Monday and Friday has drawn resistance from officials of Kenya Union of Post-Primary Education Teachers (Kuppet), Kenya National Union of Teachers (Knut) and Boards of Management (BoMs).

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