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National Parents Association Chairman Silas Obuhatsa addressing the media at his office in Nairobi on January 4, 2023. [Boniface Okendo, Standard]
Parents are expressing concern that learners who are at home for mid-term break may end up taking part in planned anti-government protests, even as schools justify early breaks as a safety measure to protect students from possible danger on their way home.
The anxiety comes amid precautionary early mid-term breaks by schools ahead of commemorations for the June 25, 2024, youth-led protests.
Although schools send learners home early over fears of exposure during travel, parents now say a different risk has emerged: that students—especially teenagers—could be drawn into the demonstrations while at home.
