Government to Build More Classrooms
President William Ruto’s administration has revealed that they are set to build more classrooms in a bid to improve the level of education across the country.
President Ruto said yesterday while opening the Komarock South Primary School official in Nairobi that most private and public schools have become too overcrowded.
He revealed that there are classes that have large numbers of students. He questioned why primary schools cost more than secondary schools despite the fact that all learners are expected to proceed to the secondary school level.
“How can we have 260 primary schools and only 100 secondary schools?” Wondered the Head of State.
Nairobi City has 286 public schools, 205 of which are primary schools and 81 of which are secondary schools.
To address this, President Ruto said that his government will not stop expanding the existing infrastructure and building new schools across the country.
He said that he is currently in talks with the Current Governor of Nairobi Johnstone Sakaja over finding land for new schools.
“We must get additional pieces of land where we can build schools for our children and I have deliberately come to open this school because I want our leaders in Nairobi to know that we have thousands of our children who are not going to school in Nairobi.
“Part of this problem is because we do not have enough schools and that must be sorted,” said President Ruto.
During the event, Ruto also called on Nairobi Members of Parliament to ensure that each constituency builds five additional schools.
He also instructed the Cabinet Secretary for Lands and the Principal Secretary to the Ministry to start looking for suitable land where the construction of schools will happen.
The Head of State had promised ambitious reforms to education in his manifesto including increased funding to the education sector.
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