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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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