(PHOTOS): Parents in last-minute rush for third term shopping

Parents across the country flocked into supermarkets and shopping centers to buy goodies

by The Star

Africa03 January 2022 - 15:44

In Summary

• Form four and standard eight candidates are expected to sit for their final examinations this term.

• On Monday, parents across the country flocked into supermarkets and shopping centers to buy goodies for their children.

Parents buying textbooks and school materials, as schools resumes for third term at Savannah Textbook Center, Nairobi on January 3, 2022.

Schools across the country will officially be opened this week for the third term.

On Monday, parents flocked into supermarkets and shopping centres to buy goodies for their children.

In Kisumu, parents were seen in long queues at bookshops buying stationery for their children.

Shop attendee at Tuffoam Mall's Bata shop in Kisumu helps a pupil fit in shoes as school open for the third on January 3, 2022.

Form four and standard eight candidates are expected to sit for their final examinations this term.

Few parents spotted doing shopping at various shops in Kisumu as schools reopen for the third term on January 3, 2022.

However, a section of parents has decried lack of enough time to raise fees for their children since schools were closed for nearly two weeks for the December holiday.

Griffin Ochieng' being assisted to fit in shoes at Tuffoam Mall's Bata shop in Kisumu as schools reopen for the third on January 3, 2022.

Some parents had earlier pleaded with the government to allow them more time to prepare for the school reopening but the Education Ministry said the school calendar cannot be altered.