Magoha bars politicians from learning institutions until completion of national exams

Education CS George Magoha [Gitau Wanyoike]

No politician will be allowed to enter any public or private learning institutions until all the 2021 exams are completed, Education Cabinet Secretary George Magoha has announced.

Magoha as well banned all politicians from holding rallies and touring the schools until the exams scheduled to start on Monday next week are completed.

The CS made the announcement after inspecting the preparation of Kimunyu Primary School class eight pupils in Gatundu South, Kiambu County today.

Magoha advised politicians to alternatively hire stadiums constructed across the country for their political events and insisted that the candidates must be allowed to sit for their exams in a friendly and serene environment devoid of politicking.

The CS at the same time revealed that centre managers who have been consolidated to manage exams elsewhere will be fairly remunerated.

Magoha also announced the extension of the construction of Competency-Based Curriculum (CBC) classrooms in secondary schools by another week to allow contractors who are yet to complete their works to do so.

He revealed that so far, about 3,500 classrooms have been completed against a target of 6,470 classrooms that the government is putting up across the country.