By JOSEPH NGUNJIRIMore by this AuthorThe recent directive by Education Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiang’i that Kenya should adopt a one-textbook policy for public schools appears to have thrown the sector into confusion. He claims publishers have colluded with the KICD to increase the number of recommended books per subject to six. All private book publishers were locked out of school book publishing. The campaign was spearheaded by the Kenya Publishers Association (KPA), which Dr Matiang’i now wants to muscle out of the book publishing equation. “Kenyan publishers are heavily involved in book distribution in Rwanda, so we know how their system operates.

Source: Daily Nation June 24, 2017 04:18 UTC