Parents Magazine

A wave of student unrest and school fire incidents across Kenya has heightened concerns over learner safety, mental wellbeing and the effectiveness of safety measures in learning institutions, prompting renewed calls for urgent intervention.

The latest incident saw Lenana School in Nairobi temporarily close its doors after unrest erupted on the night of June 1, forcing the administration to ask parents and guardians to pick up students as authorities worked to restore normalcy and assess the situation.

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A series of school fires has reignited debate about student safety, with some questioning whether boarding schools still have a place in modern education.

For the past century, Kenyan boarding schools have been used as training facilities where adolescents are trained to become respectable people in society, but in recent years, they have become parents’ biggest worries, with the thought of whether this term will end with my child home in my hands or will they become another hero due to the ongoing fires.

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