Kenya’s education minister says gay students infringing on the rights of other learners should not be allowed to attend boarding schools.
George Magoha said those “moving from one bed to another” should be admitted to day schools.
He said that while he had nothing against gay students, having them in day schools would allow closer supervision by their parents.
It comes after a male secondary school student was reportedly assaulted at a boarding school in the capital, Nairobi.
The education minister’s statement has elicited mixed reactions online: some say his comments are discriminatory, while others are supportive.
On Monday, the minister said an earlier statement had been misunderstood to mean that gay students should be expelled from boarding schools.
In December he was quoted as saying that “children who are homosexual and lesbians must go to day schools close to their homes”.
The statement sparked protests organised by the queer community in Nairobi.
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Algeria to give monthly pay to unemployed people
Algeria’s president says the government will introduce unemployment benefits for young adults as the country struggles with high rates of joblessness.
President Abdelmadjid Tebboune told journalists that the payments to jobseekers aged 19 to 40 would begin in March.
Those who are eligible will be able to collect the payments of about a $100 (£73) a month, as well as some medical benefits, until they find work.
Making the announcement, Mr Tebboune said that Algeria was the first country outside Europe to introduce such a benefit.
He added that there were now more than 600,000 unemployed in Algeria.
Source: BBC
