School holidays have benefits for children; spare them the tuition

This child seems to embrace the Competency-Based Curriculum, a new system of education during the school holiday at his home in Karatina. [Kibata Kihu, Standard]

Education is that whole system of human training within and without the school house walls, which moulds and develops men. Last week, Early Learning and Basic Education Principal Secretary Dr Julius Jwan advised heads of schools against subjecting learners to holiday tuition. “Let children enjoy their holiday. Let them be with their parents so that when we open schools in April, they will be ready to start a very intensive programme,” Dr Jwan said.