42 students of the Weald Community School based in the United Kingdom are implementing the construction of modern permanent classrooms in various parts of Trans Nzoia County with the objective of giving learners a conducive learning environment.
Speaking to the press at Namanjalala Comprehensive School in Kapomboi ward, Kwanza Constituency, where construction of double classrooms is underway, Luke Erricker, a Mathematics and Economics teacher at the school, said the Classrooms for Kenya Project has so far benefitted over 20,000 learners across the County.
Erricker said the objective of the project, which has been running since 2006, is to ensure that learners do not learn in inhabitable classrooms while also decongesting overcrowded classes.
“Over the last 19 years, we have built over 300 double classrooms in Trans Nzoia. Our objective is to bring education to areas in Trans Nzoia that ordinarily would be teaching in dilapidated, muddy classrooms and to provide them with solid brick classes that will last for many years,” he stated.
The teacher further stated that good classrooms are essential for good performance in education and longer life expectancy.
UK students learning Kenyan culture in Trans Nzoia
The 42 students who are part of the 2025 cohort and their seven teachers are also learning Kenyan culture in the course of their stay in Trans Nzoia.
On her part, Classrooms for Kenya project chairperson, Justina Siti, said that locals have already felt the impact of the classrooms.
He urged the community through their elected leaders to support the initiative.
“Currently, a double classroom costs Ksh. 2.1 million. As a charity group, we are giving Ksh. 1.8 million, and we ask the community to own the projects by giving the balance of Ksh. 300,000,” Siti said.
In addition, Kwanza Constituency Member of Parliament, Ferdinand Wanyonyi, said such initiatives are welcomed to help the government improve infrastructure in public schools.
“We are happy that these students have come to help us build good classrooms. We are also grateful for their promise to take some of our learners to the United Kingdom through their students’ exchange programme,” Wanyonyi stated.
Some of the schools that have benefited from the project include St. Columban’s School for the deaf in Saboti, Trans Nzoia Mixed Day Secondary School and Sikhendu Primary School in Kiminini sub-county.
