The President has said the Government will build more classrooms to boost education.
Speaking while formally opening Komarock South Primary School in Nairobi, the President noted that most public and private schools are overfilled with fewer classes containing a large number of learners.
The President wondered why primary schools are many than secondary schools yet the learners are all expected to shift to the secondary level.
He said that Nairobi has 286 public schools, out of which 205 are primary schools and 81 are secondary schools.
The president added that his government will not concede in expanding the current infrastructure and building schools across the country to fill the gap.
He unveiled that he is in talks with Governor Johnstone Sakaja to look for a place where more schools will be constructed.
The President said that,“We must get extra pieces of land where we can construct schools for our learners.”
I have purposely come to open this institution because I want our leaders in Nairobi to know that we have many of our learners who are not going to school in Nairobi.
He added that part of this problem is because we do not have adequate schools and that must be fixed.
The President took the opportunity to ask Members of Parliament in Nairobi to join hands and confirm that each constituency builds 5 additional schools.
He said that he has already instructed the Lands Cabinet Secretary and Principal Secretary to begin looking for appropriate land where together with our Members of Parliament we will construct schools.
In his manifesto, Ruto had hopeful ambitious education improvements that included cumulative funding to the sector.
