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Education Ministry in new push to take control of over 30,000 school heads

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Education CS Ezekiel Machogu when he appeared before the Public Investments Committee on Governance and Education at the Parliament buildings in Nairobi on October 11, 2023. [Elvis Ogina, Standard]

Control of more than 30,000 heads of public schools in the country is the new battlefront between the Ministry of Education and the teachers' employer.

In the fresh push, the ministry wants to appoint primary and secondary school heads as its agents in the management of schools, giving the ministry firmer control of school finances.

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