Kagonye Mixed Secondary School in Nyeri has become the latest public learning institution to close indefinitely due to the escalating unrest over the ongoing teachers’ strike.
The decision to release the students was arrived at Monday by the school management in consultation with the subcounty education office.
According to police, tension had continued to build up over the last two days at the school.
Some of the students are also reported to have staged a walkout on Saturday.
"A roll call conducted before their release, however, indicated that all the 384 students had been accounted for with those missing said to be at home," police said.
Several other public schools across the country have also closed in what is an ongoing trend as fears of unrest persist.
Eastern region has witnessed the most number of such incidents so far with two cases being reported at Makindu Girls High School and Nyayo Girls Ngiine both in Makueni.
Other schools in the region are Mitaboni ABC Girls in Kathiani and Machakos Boys.
Two incidents also occurred at St. Andrew's Ivaiani and Nzau High Schools both in Kitui.
In Rift Valley, Ndururi Secondary School in Laikipia has joined the list of those that have been closed after students demanded to be released as no learning was going on.
In the Central region, similar closures have been reported at Kiarithaini School Nyeri and Githiga Boys in Kiambu.
The Kenya Union of Post Primary Education Teachers strike entered its second week today with officials insisting they will not heed calls to suspend until the government honour their demands.
In some regions, union members have stormed schools while calling on parents to pick up their children.
Kuppet wants the Teachers Service Commission to promote teachers who went to class and earned higher grades but have stagnated in the same job groups.
