NAIROBI— The Government of Korea has donated 10,000 KF 94 type of masks as a good gesture for the continued good cordial relations between Kenya and South Korea.

State Department for Implementation of Curriculum Reforms Principal Secretary, Prof. Fatuma Chege received the donation from Korean Ambassador to Kenya Choi Yeonghan, as South Korea also marked the Korean National Day.

Prof. Chege thanked the South Korean Government for its continued support toward the fight against Covid-19 pandemic and good cordial bilateral relations. The masks are to be given to secondary schools across the country.

This even as the government committed to construct 541 classrooms in Nakuru County ahead of the transition of learners from primary to junior secondary schools at a cost of Ksh 426.3 million.

County Director of Education Fredrick Osewe said the Ministry of Education, is working jointly with Ministry of Interior and the National Treasury, to establish a framework for the construction of the classrooms in 322 selected secondary school to provide the additional learning space required for the over 54,000 new students set to join junior secondary within the devolved unit.

Speaking during a consultative session with Deputy County Commissioners and officials from Public Works Department on the planned construction of the targeted classrooms, Osewe indicated that 53 selected secondary schools across the 11 sub-counties will each get three new classrooms while 105 and 160 others will each have 2 new classrooms and 1 new classroom constructed respectively.

The County Director of Education said the building of the classrooms, each at a projected cost of Shs 788,000 would be constructed by contractors based near the schools, and the money will be remitted directly to the contractors in their respective sub-counties.

“This initiative will tap into the skilled manpower within the counties, empowering locals with enhanced economic opportunities,” he added.

Source: NAM NEWS NETWORK