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Tea plucking machines force children to drop out of school
Workers pluck tea using a machine. One multi national tea company sent home 10,000 tea pickers last year. Photo/FILE
Nearly 3,000 children have dropped out of primary schools in tea estates in Nandi and Tinderet districts in the past one year after their parents’ jobs were taken over by plucking machines.
According to Kenya National Union of Teachers Secretary in the area Boniface Tenai, schools built in tea estates run by multinational companies have seen lower enrolment since the machines were introduced last year.
