Story highlights Some 120 secondary schools have been burned across Kenya since JuneMany blame students who are protesting a crackdown on academic cheating(CNN) A wave of arson attacks has torched about 120 secondary schools since June across Kenya, where authorities have identified a dismaying culprit: students. While arson attacks in schools are not a new phenomena in Kenya, the escalating rate of the fires has all eyes on the challenges facing Kenya's education system. They are venting their frustration and anger through fires," said Wilson Sossion, Secretary General of the Kenya National Union of Teachers. The fires, which mostly target dormitories, have destroyed school supplies and personal belongings and forced thousands of students out of school. The fires have caused several minor injuries but no deaths, which some people say suggests that students had prior knowledge of the blazes.

Source: CNN August 03, 2016 19:52 UTC