Onanda leads residents to ensure closed Midoti Secondary is re-opened after 30 form ones turned away

August 16, 2021 - News, Nyanza News - no comments
The Midoti Mixed Secondary School

By MN Reporter

Suna Central MCA Christopher Onanda has called on government to help push through and speed up the registration of the new Midoti Mixed Secondary School which was closed earlier this month.

Onanda said as a community they already registered new 30 form one students at the school and closing it down will deny the students’ from enjoying their constitutional right to education.

“We know registration is a process which we started in 2019 before it was disrupted by Covid 19 rules, we have held several meeting with education officials and want to the 30 form one students to get their rights to education,” Onanda said.

He said the students were needy and needed the school which was started to tackle the long distance those seeking secondary education had to follow to Wasio and Siling’ secondary schools.

“The two neighboring schools are far and we need education officers to urgently speed up the registration process,” he said.

Migori county education officer Joshua Onyiego confirmed the status of the registration process.

A meeting by locals to ensure Midoti Mixed Secondary is re-opened after registration

Onyiego insisted that until “registration which is a process is done. Students who had paid fees will be given a refund and those who started admission are moving to nearby schools.”

He said once the school is fully registered by government to be able to access funds and health insurance, learning will resume.

Last week, Suna East education director Wilson Amollo and area deputy county commissioner Kibe Maguta with a routine of armed police officers were forced to storm the school compound and turn away parents who had insisited on admitting students.

The students were being admitted manually without the National Education Management Information System (NEMIS).

The school constructed by Suna East NG-CDF was to begin operation in 2019, but lacked a minimum of seven teachers, various classrooms, three toilets and a playing ground which is required for registration.

The title deed for the land where the school was erected also raised issues.

Instead, the proposed school only had three teachers and two classrooms while sharing the playing ground and toilets with the neighbouring Primary school.