MORE than 28 per cent of school children in Kenya use drugs. A survey by the National Agency for Campaign Against Drug Abuse Authority also showed that drugs and alcohol threatens the lives of 77 per cent of non-school going youth. The drugs crisis in institutions has adversely affected the education of many children and the government has admitted that unless the problem is checked, it may disrupt attempts to achieve Vision 2030 goals.
The then Rift Valley provincial director of education officer Muhammed Juma said the survey also established that 13 percent of people in all provinces except North Eastern consumed alcohol. Mr. Juma said the Ministry of Education and NACADA had embarked on a programme to train teachers and education officers who will be involved in efforts to fight drug abuse in schools and among the youth.
He said the survey had also noted that consumption of hard and dangerous drugs like cocaine, heroine and hashish was on the increase. "That the figures and trends depicted a society that was slowly becoming too intoxicated to participate in nation building through development initiatives and there was urgent need to reverse the trend, For more visit: drugs in kenyan schools
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