The history of the students of Kenya
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Elementary school students in Kenya
- Teachers Must Quit Exploiting
Children
- The Nation (Nairobi), Editorial, 17 May
2001. A study of our school system shows that the learning
environment is increasingly hostile to pupils. Corporal
punishment, bullying by older students, harsh treatment,
made to labor on teachers' farms or be domestic servants
for them. In rural schools, parents rarely willing to
confront teachers.
- Chronology of Protest And Destruction in
Schools
- By Muchemi Wachira, The Nation (Nairobi), 21
May 2001. Student unrest has evolved from simple protests to
destruction of property and burning of prefects. Devil
worship, homosexuality and drug abuse are rampant. Report
based on a survey sponsored by the PEB. Teachers and parents
blamed for failing to instill discipline.
- Drugs Behind Schools Woes, Says
Kibaki
- The Nation (Nairobi), 21 July 2001. The
Democratic Party Chairman says the government is to blame
for rising student indiscipline because it has been
protecting drug traffickers. He challenged the local
community to report bhang growers to the police so that
action could be taken.
University students in Kenya
- Leader in terse warning over reforms
- The Nation (Nairobi), 31 January
2000. Cabinet Minister Shariff Nassir and Pentacostal church
leaders threaten students who might plan to disrupt the
faiths-led Parliamentary Select Committee on the
constitutional review or to embarrass the IMF.
- University Students' Union Is
Outlawed
- By Wahome Thuku, The Nation (Nairobi), 10
January 2001. The University of Nairobi is the second public
university to disband a student's union, the Students
Organisation of Nairobi University (SONU). The Sonu
Secretary-General says the organisation was a students'
representative forum not established by a university
statute. Sonu was revived in 1998 after many years of being
outlawed.