Government has closed Sagana Muslim secondary school arrested director and over 100 students sent home in Kirinyaga.

 Government has closed  Sagana Muslim secondary school arrested director and over 100 students sent home in Kirinyaga.

The Government on Wednesday, closed a muslim secondary school  in Sagana, Ndia in Kirinyaga  county , arrested the school director and over 100 students sent home.

Speaking after closing the school Ndia sub-county Deputy County commissioner Moses Ivuto said the Director of Tahfidh-ul-Quran Academy has been operating an unregistered institution.

Ivuto warned those operating without following ministry of education circular.

 “Most of this institution does not meet the minimum standards required by the ministry of education and we will investigate the director further,” Ivuto said. 

The school had not also met the covid-19 requirements of one meter apart from each student’s and also the school was overcrowded.

 

Ndia Sub-county director of education Benard Kamande the school director will be charged for operating an unregistered school.

 

 “As you can see he has gone against covid-19 guidelines, the students are overcrowded, there is no social distancing.' Kamande said.

 

The school director Ismail Wanjohi is currently held at Baricho police station in Ndia, Kirinyaga West waiting to appear in court.

 

“The sub county director of education therefore closed the school indefinitely and the director of the school one Ismail Wanjohi was arrested and will be charged with offence of operating a school without license,”.

 

The Administrator said that ,”all parents were informed about the closure of the school and requested to facilitate the movement of the students so that they can reach home before curfew time 99% by 3Pm had left school”said Ivuto.

 

The school had 113 students, 53 boys and 62girls.

 

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