How asbestos materials expose learners, teachers to hazard

Some of the classrooms built decades ago at Amwamba Day Primary School in Igembe South Sub County. [File, Standard]

For years, Amwamba Primary School in Meru County's Igembe area has been a top-performing school in the Kenya Certificate of Primary Education (KCPE) and among the best in the country.

But despite the school's stellar performance, there is an environmental hazard that hangs over the heads of the teachers and learners. Their roofs and walls are made of asbestos, a material that poses serious health risks.