Over 3,000 Learners in Kisumu West Receive Psychosocial Support Ahead of National Exams
KISUMU, Kenya, Oct 10 - More than 3,000 learners from 15 schools in Kisumu West Constituency have benefited from a psychosocial support programme launched - Kenya breaking news | Kenya news today | Capitalfm.co.ke..
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Over 3,000 learners from 15 schools in Kisumu West Constituency received psychosocial support ahead of national exams, an initiative launched by the State Department for Children Services and the Child Welfare Society of Kenya (CWSK).
- The program, part of a broader mentorship strategy, offered counselling sessions to students from 10 secondary and five primary schools.
- Carren Ageng’o, Principal Secretary for Children Services, emphasized building resilience and life skills for academic and personal success.
- The initiative coincided with Mazingira Day, involving the donation of food and non-food items, and fruit tree planting in line with President William Ruto's 15-billion-tree campaign.
- Separately, 47 day secondary schools in Siaya County with 16,373 students received food supplies under a pilot school feeding program.
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Kenyatta University has outperformed the University of Nairobi for the second consecutive year in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings, published on Thursday, October 9. In primary and secondary education, over 3,000 learners in 15 schools within Kisumu West Constituency received psychosocial support ahead of national exams. This initiative was launched by the State Department for Children Services and the Child Welfare Society of Kenya (CWSK). Concurrently, a new petition was tabled in the National Assembly on October 9 by the Computer Science Teachers Association of Kenya (CSTAK), which urges policy reforms to boost STEM education in schools and address declining uptake.
