By Roy Hezron
Security agencies and education stakeholders have been asked to cooperate in efforts to trace learners who are yet to go back to school.
Education Principal Secretary Belio Kipsang said the government was concerned about the five percent who have not reported.
“We have to do all it takes to look for them,” Kipsang said when he visited Ole Tipis Secondary School in Narok North sub-county.
He was accompanied by Planning PS Torome Saitoti, Environment PS Chris Kiptoo and Chief Administrative Secretary for Labour Patrick Ntutu.
Kipsang reiterated the need to involve security officers, chiefs, village elders, teachers and churches in the search for the missing learners.
“Nine months out of the classroom and examination environment is a long time. That’s why we are moving around the country in all sub-counties to ensure the children are back in school,” he added.
Kipsang revealed that the government had distributed 7.5 million face masks to learners from poor backgrounds.
Narok County Commissioner Evans Achoki, who was with the PS, said 714 public primary and 149 public secondary schools in the county had reopened.
Achoki said his team had visited 31 schools and established that they had complied with Covid-19 prevention measures.
He warned parents who are still holding their children at home of dire consequences.
Kiptoo advised schools to come up with long-term infrastructure master plans.
“The number of learners is always increasing and schools should be prepared for this,” said Kiptoo.
