Let Children Enjoy Their Holiday, PS Jwan Tells Teachers

MOMBASA, Kenya, Jul, 6 – Principal Secretary for Early Learning and Basic Education Dr Julius Jwan has asked teachers to let parents have quality time with their children during this short school holiday.

He said the teachers should hold the learners in school for holiday tuition saying the learners needed a break the government had provided to allow them to relax.

Dr Jwan made the remarks during the Kenya Private Schools Association Annual Conference in Mombasa yesterday.

The PS was reacting to reports that some head teachers had refused to allow children to break for the school holiday the 2022 school calendar provides and had continued to teach against the government directive that they let children break for the 10-day holidays

He said the government had given the 10-day break to allow learners to relax, adding that they should be subjected to holiday tuition.

“Give parents time to be with their children,” Dr. Jwan asked teachers.

The Ministry of Education has provided a school calendar where it has allocated breaks to allow, among others, for learners to relax and bond with their children as part of their growth and development.

The Basic Education Act outlaws holiday tuition and any person who violates the provision commits an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding one hundred thousand shillings or to imprisonment not exceeding six months or both.