The Department of Education has ordered all school principals to admit all middle school students, especially those who have not yet purchased school uniforms. According to a report by Cabinet Secretary Ezekiel Machogu on Monday, March 6, 2023, seventh graders are expected to be away from home because they are missing their school uniforms.In Addition,he ordered the chiefs and deputy chiefs to identify college students who had not yet entered their schools.
Therefore, this news is a reliefto parents who couldnotafford school uniforms. In December 2022, the boardingschoolmanagementandinparticulartheinstitutemanagementreceived the green light to definethe uniforms of their schools in coordination with therelevant stakeholders and the education director of thesub-district.
According to a previous report, the equipment would also have additional features specifically intended for branding and institution identification. Therefore, the uniforms should respect the religious and cultural values of the different communities.
Disturbingly, the Ministry of Education hasalsorequiredallparentstobuyuniformsfortheirchildren.Importantly,theDepartmentofEducationdiscloses that students can wear their old uniforms in their schools.
