First Lady Rachel Ruto Now Ready To Commit To Advancing Children’s Rights
Kenya has made significant progress in the advancement of children’s rights and welfare, according to First Lady Rachael Ruto.
Speaking at the national celebration for International Day of the African Child in Mwatate, Taita Taveta county, she stated that the state is committed to ensuring children have access to education.
Kenya, she said, is completely committed to helping children reach their full potential.
The Day of the African Child was established to honor the hundreds of South African black children who were massacred during their protests on June 16th, 1976.
"Train up a child in the way he should go; even when he is old he will not depart from it." – Proverbs 22:6
— Mama Rachel Ruto, EGH (@MamaRachelRuto) June 16, 2024
As we honour the children today, let's commit to nurturing, educating, and empowering our children with love and wisdom.
Attended Church service at St. James Anglican… pic.twitter.com/y3NWQtTHWm
The Soweto children were protesting their country’s poor educational standards.
This year’s theme was “Education for All Children in Africa: The Time Is Now.”
“We must commend our government for the significant strides we have made towards achieving the theme of this celebration, as well as the impactful steps we have taken to improve the state of education nationwide,” Mama Rachel said on Sunday.
She stated that the government’s efforts to support education include the recruitment of 30,000 additional teachers, bringing the total to 41,000 teachers.
The First Lady stated that as part of the matching program between the national government and devolved units, approximately 1.8 million additional primary school children will be enrolled in the School Meal Programme by 2023.
“This has seen the transition rate from primary to secondary school increase from 84.5 per cent in 2022 to 91 per cent in 2023,” she said.
Kenya has made significant strides in advancing child rights and welfare, particularly in ensuring that our children have access to education. pic.twitter.com/DMJ3KSdEqS
— Mama Rachel Ruto, EGH (@MamaRachelRuto) June 16, 2024
The first lady stated that the government is also increasing computer access in educational institutions through the Ministry of ICT and Digital Economy’s Jitume Digital Hubs programme.
Konza Technopolis is in charge of implementing the programme.
Mama Rachel stated that the state has recruited an additional 1,300 trainers for Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) institutions.
This represents a 22 percent increase over the 5,833 trainers in 2022.
Taita Taveta Governor Andrew Mwadime was also in attendance, as were legislators Peter Shake (Mwatate), John Bwire (Taveta), and Woman Representative Lydia Haika.
In order to improve education, Haika requested that the government reintroduce the school feeding programme in the county.
She stated that the initiative will increase school attendance.
“This is an important programme because children are assured of food in school. We ask the government to bring back the school feeding program,” she said.
Haika also urged parents to support their children’s well-being in order to reduce violations of their rights.
She stated that her office is in the process of completing the construction of a modern rescue center to help protect children’s rights.
First Lady Rachel Ruto Now Ready To Commit To Advancing Children’s Rights
