Pupil killed in Homabay, as classroom wall collapses.

A pupil died while two others sustained serious injuries in Rangwe constituency after a pre-unit classroom wall collapsed on them. The five-year-old girl identified as Scovia Achieng’ of Nyachar Early Childhood Development Education (ECDE) died on Tuesday while receiving treatment at Rangwe Sub-county Hospital. The pupil’s death has brought to light the poor state of ECDE facilities in the county since early childhood education is a devolved function.
Police and education officials said yesterday 55 pupils were in the classroom when the incident happened on Monday evening following a downpour.  The pupils could not go home early due to bad weather and were still in the iron sheet structure that had earth walls partitions.  Witnesses said a partition wall collapsed on the three pupils.
Rangwe MP Lilian Gogo accused the county government of failing to renovate ECDE classrooms in her constituency. Ms Gogo claimed many ECDE centres in Rangwe Constituency were in a poor state, predisposing pupils to risks. She called on the county government to construct ECDE centres for safety of pupils. “We cannot allow this to happen again. As a mother, I  challenge the county government to ensure our children are safe,”  she said. Gogo told the county to re-construct the classrooms in two weeks to enable the pupils resume learning.

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