Private schools say closure will disrupt education calendar

Students of Maranda high school walk along the streets of Kisumu to catch means of transport to their homes on September 19,2015, a day after education cabinet secretary Jacob Kaimenyi ordered all schools closed over pay stalemate between the government and teachers. PHOTO BY COLLINS ODUOR

Government’s directive to close public and private schools due to the ongoing teacher’s strike has been criticised by officials of Kenya Private Schools Association in the North Rift region.

The private institutions’ managers yesterday said the closure will ‘unfairly interrupt their programmes’ and they should have been allowed to conclude their schedules in November since parents had paid fees.