With 130 deaths from school fires, educational institutions not learning from their mistakes

The aftermath of a fire that razed down a dormitory at Bahati Catholic Boarding Primary School in Nakuru. [Suleiman Mbatiah, Standard]

The Ministry of Education, boards of governors and parents and teachers associations cannot escape blame for failure to provide safer school environment for the children.

The police have declared that the fire outbreak that killed nine and injured many Form One students at Moi Girls School Nairobi last weekend was an act of arson.