Due to the flooding that has killed over 70 citizen, Kenya has postponed the resumption of school for the second term session by one week.

The resumption which was supposed to begin on Monday, has been delayed till May 6.

Dr Ezekiel Machogu, the EGH Cabinet Secretary, Ministry of Education, disclosed this in a statement on Monday.

Machogu said, “In the face of the ongoing heavy rains, the Ministry of Education last week directed its field officers to submit data from all Basic Education Learning Institutions countrywide to assist the Government in assessing the readiness of the schools for the Second Term opening on Monday, April 29, 2024.

“Reports received at the Ministry of Education, corroborated with data from other relevant Government agencies showed that a number of schools in various regions of the country have been adversely affected by the rains. The devastating effects of the rains in some of the schools are so severe that it will be imprudent to risk the lives of learners and staff before water-tight measures are put in place to ensure adequate safety of all affected school communities.

“Based on this assessment, the Ministry of Education has resolved to postpone the reopening of all primary and secondary schools by one week, to Monday, May 6, 2024.”

The ministry also assured that measures to mitigate the adverse effects of the rains would be put in place.

“In the meantime, the Ministry will work with relevant agencies and stakeholders to put in place measures to mitigate the adverse effects of the rains and provide regular updates on all developments as pertain to the education sector,” Machogu assured.

Reported that, Kenya has been experienced an unusually heavy rainy season since March, resulting in the deaths of 76 individuals.

According to the report, this was exacerbated by the El Nino weather pattern.

The torrential rain caused flash floods, submerging roads and neighbourhoods, forcing over 130,000 people from 24,000 households to seek displacement.

The government released figures, on Saturday, saying that many affected people are in the capital city of Nairobi.

Belio Kipsang, the principal secretary for education, said, nearly one-third of all public schools in Nairobi have been significantly impacted by the flooding.

The school were scheduled to resume on Monday after the midterm holidays, but have been postponed by the education ministry due to the extensive damage caused by the heavy monsoon rains to numerous educational facilities across the country.