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Head teachers colluding with school uniform outlets to rip off parents

A teacher at St Mary's Girls Primary school in Nakuru takes through class one kids on how to read after they joined the school for the first time as schools opened for the new term on January 04, 2017. [PHOTO:KIPSANG JOSEPH/Standard]

Parents from different parts of the country are outraged by new methods employed by heads of public primary and secondary schools to fleece them.

At Moi Primary School in Thika town, which is a public school, learning was paralysed when parents held a peaceful demonstration to protest against extra charges they termed illegal.

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