Train teachers with basic life-saving skills, government told

Evans Muthaura, a pupil who drowned and died in a water tank at Rwanyange Primary School in North Imenti, Meru County. [File Courtesy]

A civil society organisation is calling on the government to equip teachers in Primary and High schools with skills to save lives.

'We demand that the Ministry of Education and Teachers Service Commission institute mandatory and continuous training for teachers and school heads in first aid, basic life support, emergency medical response, risk assessment for co-curricular activities, and crisis management and communication,' part of their statement, sent to the newsroom, reads.