Education CS George Magoha has said that the government will not allow large quantities of hand sanitisers in schools.According to the CS, only a maximum of five litres will be allowed in the whole school compound and only teacher will handle them.

During his tour of Kiangochi primary school, the CS argued that sanitisers have over 70 per cent alcohol content and might be misused by students.

“Our children are very creative and we all know what they may do with it. We will not allow over five litres of sanitisers to go into schools,” Magoha said.

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“Quantity of sanitisers should only be handled by teachers for the purpose of general school population when in public places”, he added.

Magoha further stated that should any of the learners misbehave with sanitisers, the teachers in that school will be held responsible since they are the ones in charge of handling sanitisers.

Magoha also noted that the government has procured over 7 million masks that will be issued strictly to children from very humble backgrounds.

The masks have been made by the National Youth Service (NYS) and Rivatex through efforts from the Ministry of education and Ministry of Health, and partners such as UNICEF and the Kenya Commercial Bank.

According to Magoha, face masks will be part of uniforms and no child will be allowed back in school without them.

“The government is ready to ensure that any child that genuinely requires masks acquires some because they will be mandatory and will be part of their school uniform. Children will not be sent for school fees, but they will not enter the school compound minus masks,” he added.

“Some people have been saying that procuring of masks by parents is a big challenge but it was not a problem when the first three classes re-opened three months ago and will not be now.”

He advised parents who are unable to buy surgical masks to acquire a pair of three-layered cloth masks for each child.

Magoha further noted that private schools will only be allowed to re-open if the number of children in a particular class conforms to the number of children in public school.

 Education Cabinet Secretary, Prof George Magoha, has confirmed that his ministry is facing a shortage of one million face masks to be provided to children who hail from poor backgrounds, ahead of schools’ January re-opening.

Magoha said that only children whose parents cannot afford the safety gear will be entitled to free masks.

“Out of the three million children identified by the government, we have already supplied close to one million to Grade Four, Eight and Form Four candidates who reported to schools, while Rivatex has already given us another one million,” he revealed.

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The CS promised that the government would do everything possible to bridge the deficit.

However, he called on parents who can afford masks to go ahead and buy them  for their children.

The government, he said, will disburse Sh19 billion for the second term ahead of the re-opening of schools on Monday, January 4.

Prof Magoha said his ministry was working with the National Treasury to ensure the money is released in time to facilitate smooth running of the learning institutions.

The CS called on school heads to manage the resources prudently, cautioning that stern action will be taken against people who misuse the funds.

“Together with my National Treasury colleague Ukur Yatani, we are in the process of disbursing over Sh14 billion to secondary schools and more than Sh4 billion to primary schools,” he said.

“We shall follow up to ensure the funds are used for the intended purpose,” he warned.