A Form Four student at Mugoiri Girls High School in Murang'a is reported to have drowned during a school trip on Sunday, November 6.
It is reported that the tragic incident happened when the girls had gone for a retreat dubbed 'steaming off session' ahead of sitting the final national exam at a lodge in Kirinyaga on Saturday, November 5.
The lodge is situated in a forest and the students had to walk for a number of kilometres to and fro.
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The student who was among other 380 girls drowned in a waterfall as her schoolmates, teachers and a number of parents who had accompanied them watched helplessly.
The incident almost turned more tragic as another girl cheated death while trying to rescue the victim.
The information is said to have been shared by the school administration through a Whatsapp group.
"Greetings from Our Lady of Consolata Mugoiri girls. We are well in the Lord. Our Form 4s attended our annual steaming-off session on Saturday, Novemebr5, 2022. Unfortunately, we regret to inform you that we lost one of our girls. Her mother was with her all through the journey. May her soul rest in eternal peace. Let's all pray for the family during this sad moment," part of the message read.
This comes as both Class 8 pupils and Form 4 students prepare for their Kenya National Examinations Council (KNEC) 2022.
Kenya Certificate of Primary Education (KCPE) will be administered between November 28 and November 30, 2022.
KCSE will be rehearsed on November 18, as they prepare to sit for the paper between November 21 and December 23, 2022.
Meanwhile, Kenyans have called for radical reforms in the education sector, including an overhaul of the Competency-Based Curriculum (CBC) and a return to a reformed and improved 8-4-4 system.
Opinion was, however, divided as some stakeholders called for the reorganisation of CBC to make it more affordable for all.
This emerged as parents, learners, teachers, political leaders and other stakeholders gave their views to the presidential task force on education reforms, which embarked on public engagements yesterday.
The 42-member team, which was appointed by President William Ruto last month, visited 10 counties on its first day of public hearings. It was set up to give recommendations on how the education curriculum can be improved and is expected to give its recommendations by January.
Officially known as the Presidential Working Party on Education Reforms (PWPER), the team yesterday visited Kwale, Taita Taveta, Marsabit, Nyandarua, Turkana, Kericho, Busia, Migori, Mandera and Samburu counties.
In Nyandarua, Governor Moses Kiarie Badilisha proposed that Junior Secondary Schools (JSS) be domiciled in primary schools to give learners time to mature physically.
“I support that CBC is retained but with reforms to offset the burden now being carried by parents,” the Governor told the team led by University of Nairobi (UoN) Vice Chancellor, Prof Stephen Kiama.
