With effect from January, the government will put an end to boarding primary schools.
Basic Education permanent secretary Belio Kipsang’ made the announcement while rolling out the new primary school model, the Junior secondary model, which will comprise grades 1-9.
According to Kipsang’, it is the fundamental duty of parents to walk alongside their kids and make sure they pick up the moral principles they want them to have.
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“We must create a way in which we can be with our children and the only way is through day schooling. The first nine years of learning are Grades 1 to 9, the direction that the government is taking will be day schooling,” Kipsang’ said.
The primary objective was for parents to get time to raise their children and play a fundamental role in their upbringing, a role he said teachers could not substitute but only support.
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“We cannot outsource our responsibility as we parents, we only co-parent with teachers but we cannot outsource parenting from the teachers,” Kipsang’ said.
“Going forward, day schooling will be the direction, that’s the only way we shall be able to engage with our children.”
Kenya, with a boarding school enrollment rate of 28%, is the highest rate in the world, against the global rate in most countries which stand at 15 per cent.
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