The standoff threatens the studies of 100,000 pupils in Bridge International Academies.
Whereas the school management insists that the school falls under the category of alternative provision for basic education and training (APBET) the ministry is disputing the categorisation saying they fall under private category.
A row has erupted between the Ministry of Education, the World Bank and Bill Gates-backed chain of low-cost schools that operates in slums over their operations.
The standoff threatens the studies of 100,000 pupils in Bridge International Academies.
Whereas the school management insists that the school falls under the category of alternative provision for basic education and training (APBET) the ministry is disputing the categorisation saying they fall under private category.
Director of Quality Assurance and Standards in the Ministry of Education Pius Mutisya in a letter dated June 29 to Mr Andrew White, the managing director of Bridge International academies in East Africa said: “We insist that that BIA has to comply as directed and not hide under the APHET guidelines. The County Education boards are able to decide which schools fall under APBET and which are basically private. The BIA concept falls under private category,” said Mr Mutisya in the letter that is also copied to Education Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiang’i.
Mr Mutisya added that the curriculum offered by the schools has not been approved by Kenya Institute of Curriculum development noting that submission of materials does not mean approval.
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