By OUMA WANZALAMore by this AuthorParliament has summoned Education Cabinet Secretary Amina Mohamed to shed light on revelations that merchants are oversupplying textbooks to secondary schools. CORRUPTIONHe said that officials benefiting from the dumping of books in schools must also be held accountable. The government plan to supply books to schools started last year and replaced an equally corruption-prone system where schools bought books from booksellers. The Kenya Secondary School Heads Association (Kessha), Kenya National Union of Teachers (Knut), National Parents Association (NPA) and Kenya Union of Post-Primary Education Teachers (Kuppet) have protested against this latest scandal. Knut has written to Ms Mohamed over the issue of books and congestion in schools following the 100 percent transition policy.

Source: Daily Nation February 15, 2019 02:37 UTC