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Schools re-opened this week and many children were admitted to boarding schools for the first time — an experience that will forever shape their lives. NJOKI CHEGE explores when the right time is to enrol your child in a boarding school
Francis Osman* is eleven years old and in a boarding school in Mombasa. His father enrolled him in that school two years as he was joining Class Three, shortly after separating from his mother and taking custody of him.
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