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NAIROBI: Education Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiang’i should remain firm, and pursue his determination to clean up the education sector without looking over his shoulder. He is doing a great job cracking the whip in a ministry living in the Jurassic age, whose leadership is content with the rustic status quo and one that has long been held hostage by raucous union leaders. His actions will obviously be met with resistance, even violently. But he should ignore the usual distractions by the political class and other stakeholders and stay the course unrepentantly.
Over 100 public secondary schools have been hit by arsonist attacks, destroying property and disrupted learning. The number may be small given that there are over 9,000 secondary schools in the country but the escalating attacks have created fear and confusion in public boarding secondary schools. As usual, blame games continue with some quarters evening calling for extreme measures, such as the closure of the schools. Others have blamed it all on the Matiang’i and urged him to quit. I think it is utter nonsense, and he must ignore them.
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