Education Cabinet Secretary Ezekiel Machogu has announced that the Ministry is assessing schools’ preparedness to handle ongoing heavy rains and floods ahead of the second term opening.
All Basic Education Institutions are expected to open for the second term of the school calendar on Monday April 29.
The Ministry will be assessing factors such as the damage caused by the ongoing heavy rains on schools across the country.
In a memo dated April 25 to all regional Directors of Education, the Ministry stated that they would collect data in all basic education institutions to determine if schools are ready for reopening.
“Several parts of the country are reported to be experiencing heavy rains and flooding. As a result, there is a need to establish the effects of the long rains on Basic Education Institutions in the country,” read part of the memo.
“The Ministry is in the process of collecting data/information to establish the readiness of all Basic Education Institutions for the second term of 2024.”
Machogu Directs Assessment of Floods Before School Re-opening
CS Machogu said the data on the effects of the rains and flooding will be crucial for planning and for sharing with the Education in Emergencies cluster working group.
However, the regional directors have been urged to coordinate the submission of the data from their various regions and work closely with other stakeholders.
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“The purpose of this circular is to request you to coordinate the submission of the data/information from your region using the attached template,” the memo added.
“Work closely with the Boards of Management and other stakeholders and ensure that all basic institutions in your regions open for second term 2024.”
The Ministry further directed that the data/information should be emailed to [email protected] by Friday 26th April 2024.
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Floods in The Country
The directive came as Kenyas continue to grapple with the effects of heavy rainfall that has led to floods in many parts of the country.
By Thursday, April 25, morning, the death toll from the floods in Mathare, one of the most affected areas in Nairobi, had risen to 13 after three more bodies were recovered.
The official reports of the accumulative death toll in the country by Wednesday, April 24, evening was 49 with more than 60,000 households affected.
However, the Kenya Meteorological Department has continued to warn of continuing heavy rainfall especially in the Nairobi metropolis expected between Thursday, April 25 and Friday, April 26.
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