10/08/2026
UPDATE: Former students are set to gain formal representation on public school Boards of Management (BOM) for the first time under the Basic Education Bill, 2025, which also proposes reducing board membership from a maximum of 17 to nine.
Education Ministry Director-General Dr. Elyas Abdi told the National Assembly Committee on Education that the current boards are “a crowd.”
https://www.kulanpost.co.ke/director-general-of-basic-education-elyas-abdi-proposes-cutting-school-boards-from-17-to-9-tells-mps-current-boards-are-a-crowd/