Learning activities were on Tuesday, March 19, paralysed at Wasio Secondary School after students staged demonstrations.
The learners who protested against poor meals provided by the school management walked five kilometres up to the office of the Sub-County Director of Education where they filed their complaints.
While expressing their displeasure, the students accused the school principal of failing to heed their demands, citing that they were made to feed on kale daily.
During the heated protests, the students demanded the immediate resignation of the school head on grounds of being inconsiderate of their pleas.
Suna East Sub-County Education Director Willis Omollo who addressed the press on the matter, vowed to launch investigations, and further promised to take action upon establishment of the claims.
“They gave us the issues that made them walk to our office and we have collected their views and we have issued them their issues will be addressed,” noted the education director.
"We are still investigating to get a report which can inform further action. After getting all the information, appropriate action can be taken to address all the issues.”
According to the education director, the students also lamented the poor state of learning in the school, citing that they were not allowed to conduct practicals, thus derailing their learning process.
In a similar incident on January 10, students from Oruba Boys High School in Migori staged demonstrations outside the office of the County Director of Education.
The students lamented scoring Ds in the Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE). According to the students, 72 out of the 75 of them recorded D’s, with only two students scoring grade C-.
“We sat for the exam's 75 candidates but what we saw was unexpected. It is full of irony. We haven't seen this thing for sure,” one of the students lamented.
However, efforts to have the county education address their grievances were watered down after a junior staff directed them to file the disparities with the Kenya National Examination Council (KNEC).
