Facilities stretched to limit by State’s transition policy

Kibirigwi Special School, Karatina headmistress Vaudine Loyce Mbuthia showing one of the dormitories in the school. [Standard]

Secondary schools in Nyanza have converted stores, libraries and laboratories into classrooms and dormitories to cope with a sudden surge in student numbers.

Head teachers, who are struggling to implement the Government’s 100 per cent transition policy from primary to secondary schools, have warned that the population increase has stretched all facilities, including toilets, to the limit.