Start offering holiday tuition, teachers urged

Many children especially in rural areas are taking part in family chores as schools remain closed until next year due to coronavirus. [Collins Kweyu, Standard]

Authorities have been forced to embrace private home teaching that had been outlawed as holiday tuition is now the only option to engage students with the indefinite closure of schools.

Section 37 of the Basic Education Act prohibits holiday tuition and prescribes a fine not exceeding Sh100,000 or imprisonment for a period not exceeding one year or both.