School infernos: Church leaders call for gradual scrapping of boarding schools
A section of religious leaders is now proposing that boarding schools be gradually abolished, even as several are now opting to send the learners home to avoid destruction...
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Following recent school fires, a group of Kenyan church leaders is advocating for the gradual abolition of boarding schools, attributing them to rising student indiscipline.
- The Federation of Evangelical and Indigenous Christian Churches of Kenya (FEICCK), led by Bishop Samuel Njiriri, suggests boarding schools foster indiscipline due to peer influence and reduced parental supervision.
- They propose a shift towards day schools to empower boarding schools.
- The leaders also called for the reintroduction of regulated corporal punishment and the real-time monitoring of CCTV systems in schools to prevent incidents.
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