Some public schools across the country have closed for second term, a week earlier than scheduled for the August holiday, in a desperate move driven by severe cash shortages.
The government's failure to release full capitation funds has left thousands of primary and secondary institutions unable to keep operating, forcing them to shut down ahead of the Ministry of Education's official calendar.
Learners are now expected to return on August 25 for the third term - the shortest in the school calendar and the one that carries the heaviest academic weight.
It is the term when the Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education and assessments under the Competency-Based Education will take place.
