School Shuts Down After 1000 Students Stage Walkout in Night Protest
Ololulunga Boys’ Secondary School in Narok South Sub County was closed indefinitely on February 27 after over 1,000 students walked out of the school in protest.
According to the area Deputy County Commissioner Felix Kisalu, the students left the school at 10 pm, silently, without damaging any school property. The school administration has yet to determine the cause of the walkout.
The officials said that the 300 students who stayed behind would help the school conduct further investigations into the matter.
The board of management will meet to discuss the issue and find a solution before recalling the boys back to school. The students who walked out barred the last group of about 300 boys from walking outside the gate.
The school, which was once among the top performers in the county, had a series of incidents of student strikes that caused the school’s performance to drop.
Cases of students and parents protesting over grades have increased in the country, with recent cases including parents and students from a section of schools in the Nyanza region who turned away new principals.
Aside from registering low performances, the schools in question were experiencing a shortage of students due to the new administrators and lagging behind with substandard infrastructure.
This incident highlights the challenges facing schools in Kenya, including inadequate resources and infrastructural problems.
The country’s education system has been struggling with a host of challenges, including a shortage of teachers, insufficient funding, and overcrowding in classrooms.
The government has been working to address these issues, but progress has been slow, and many schools continue to struggle. The walkout by the students at Ololulunga Boys’ Secondary School is a reminder of the importance of addressing the underlying issues facing Kenya’s education system.
School Shuts Down After 1000 Students Stage Walkout in Night Protest
