Learning has been halted in some Ganze Constituency schools after over 500 renegade elephants invaded the area, causing hundreds of students to remain home for fear of safety.
The animals, roaming residential pathways and around school compounds for more than three weeks, have disrupted learning by forcing students to arrive late and depart earlier than usual while accompanied by their parents.
Studying in most primary schools in Ganze has been disturbed, according to Area Member of Parliament Kenneth Tungule, who visited several of the schools while looking at Migujini, Rimarapera, Midoina, and Ndigiria schools has been paralyzed for the previous two days.
"Learning has suffered greatly." There was no learning yesterday at Migujini, and there will be no learning today since elephants have invaded the area once more. We received information that elephants returned to the school compound after leaving it yesterday," he stated.
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The MP expressed concern that the area would have low academic performance and urged Kenya Wildlife Services (KWS) to act quickly to remove the animals that had paralyzed the everyday routines of Ganze inhabitants and students.
Omar Muhema, a senior teacher at Migujini Primary School, told the media that around 50 students have been missing school every day. At the same time, the remainder arrives as late as 9 a.m. and depart at 3 p.m.
He stated that the school is occasionally compelled to cancel classes due to students' curiosity and agitation while watching the animals roam around the classroom.
"Today, elephants were scattered throughout the school compound, making it hard for students to gain access." We have two groups of students at noon, grade 2 and 3. "We had to contact their parents and ask them to keep their children at home," he explained.
Samuel Ngumbao, Deputy Headteacher of Ndigiria Primary School, said they had a similar scenario, stating that roughly ten students in each class had been missing classes for the last three weeks, causing the school program to be entirely interrupted.
"Some students come from areas where elephants stay longer." They arrive at school at 9 a.m., while others arrive with their parents. "Those who miss company do not attend school," he explained.
He requested that the government intervene and control the elephants that had overrun the region and disrupted learning activities.
This comes after the Ganze people, led by their MP Kenneth Tungule, threatened to kill the elephants if action to force the animals away was not taken within the next several days.
