Governors oppose plan to have ECDEs run by primary heads
Council of Governors chairperson Anne Waiguru during a discussion on climate change during the COP28 in Dubai on December 6, 2023. Governors have protested the announcement that primary school heads will be in charge of ECDE centers starting January 2024.
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Should the announcement by by Education CS Ezekiel Machogu be implemented, running of ECDE centres will be taken over by the national government.
Kirinyaga County Anne Waiguru said the management of pre-primary schools remains an exclusive function of the county governments.
Governors have dismissed an announcement made by Education Cabinet Secretary Ezekiel Machogu that beginning January 2024, primary school head teachers will be in charge of early childhood development and education (ECDE) centres.
Should the announcement be implemented, then the role of running the ECDE centres, which that has been held by the county governments since the start of devolution, will be taken over by the national government, a move that the county bosses strongly object to.
