Kenya Union of Post Primary Education Teachers (KUPPET) has appealed to Education Cabinet Secretary Professor George Magoha to help parents with Ksh1 Billion bill.
KUPPET requested the government to provide at least three reusable face masks for both primary and secondary school students before the reopening.
Amboko Milemba, KUPPET chairman, disclosed that there are 12 million students in primary and secondary schools, hence will cost the government about Ksh1 billion to cater for the face masks.
“We urge the government to ensure that every student has a face mask. We have around 12 million students in primary and secondary schools. A reusable face mask is around Ksh20, which means that one for every student will cost around Ksh300 million, and the total will be about Ksh1 billion,” Milembe said.
Milemba also called on the government to release funds to schools and ensure that learning institutions have enough washing points.
“We ask the government to provide adequate washing points and sanitizers because these are the basic requirements that the schools will need when we reopen. We also ask the Ministry of Education to ask the Treasury to release funds for schools to enable them to make adequate preparations after a six-month break,” he stated.
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