Education stakeholders have been urged to establish homegrown solutions to tackle the various challenges facing the education sector in Central region.
Speaking at Leshau Boys High School in Nyandarua North, a section of leaders has called for concerted efforts by the stakeholders to look into the issues affecting performance and also identify possible solutions.
Led by Nyandarua County Women Representative Faith Gitau, the leaders argued that issues of drugs and substance abuse have contributed to the dwindling of education standards in the region.
Nyandarua CEC In-charge of Education, Gender and Social Services Faith Mbugua said parents should not abdicate their duties and instead pay close attention to their children to identify challenges they are facing.
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She said last year’s Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE), the county did not record a single a mean scored any ‘A’ grades noting that two thirds of the students who sat for the exam in Central region scored a mean score of a D and below, a matter she said need to be addressed.