Uasu's Garissa University College chapter secretary Walter Kodipo (centre), flanked by other officials and teaching and non-teaching staff, addresses reporters at Moi University in Uasin Gishu County on June 30, 2015. PHOTO | JARED NYATAYA
The Ministry of Education is mulling over re-opening Garissa University College, which was shut down in April following the killing of 148 people by Al-Shabaab terrorists.
Education secretary Jacob Kaimenyi told a parliamentary committee on Wednesday that they would start talks with university authorities and other parties over resumption of studies.
He said the affected students would be subjected to psychological assessments before being asked to return to the institution. More than 642 students who survived the terror attack have since been admitted at the Moi University main campus in Uasin Gishu.
“We will take the views of the learners into account during our consultation meetings,” said Prof Kaimenyi.
However, the minister will have more than the students’ views to consider given that lecturers from the university have expressed unwillingness to return to Garissa.
Together with other non-teaching staff, they have warned against being forced to go back, saying it’s against international law to force someone to work in an insecure area.
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