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Holiday Tuition: Why It adds zero value to school children in Kenya

The Basic Education Act, 2013, outlaws holiday tuition of any kind. Any person who contravenes this law is liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding Sh100,000 or to imprisonment for a period not exceeding one year or to both. But why this ban?

The Kenya Institute of Curriculum Development (KICD), in consultation with players, allocates optimum time to cover prescribed syllabuses at various levels of education. Education experts point out that this time must be planned for and used effectively to accomplish the teaching and learning tasks. It is for this reason that a school must have a time table, which is followed by all teachers.

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