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Corporal punishment: Matiang’i orders probe into caning of schoolgirls

Education Cabinet Secretary Dr Fred Matiangi is received by Friends School Keveye girls students when he visited their institution to asses the situation following reports of canning of students . [Photo:BENJAMIN SAKWA/Standard]

Education Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiang'i has directed that claims of caning at a secondary school be investigated after a damning video surfaced online.

The video purports to show teachers caning students at Keveye Girls High School. This prompted Dr Matiang'i to make an impromptu visit to the school at 8:50am yesterday.

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