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Kenya: Education Ministry Strategy to Address Coronavirus Effects

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The Ministry of Education has developed a Covid-19 Response Plan to mitigate the effects of the disease that has thrown learning programmes into disarray.

The plan that will be implemented for one-and-a-half years, from June 1, spells out measures the government intends to put in place to minimise adverse effects during the period schools are closed and when they reopen.

“The plan aims to ensure continued learning and promote health, safety and well-being of learners, teachers and education officials during the coronavirus crisis,” the document reads.

There has been uncertainty over when schools, which were closed mid-March, will reopen. Second term was to begin on Monday this week, but that was pushed to June 4 when the situation regarding the spread of the disease will be assessed.

Education Cabinet Secretary George Magoha, on Sunday hinted at a possible longer closure if the infections are not contained.

The CS posed: “Would you rather take your children to school with the facts you have just been given?” He was alluding to the rising numbers of Covid-19 positive cases that had just been reported.

The past one-week has seen a surge in infections and yesterday, the Ministry of Health reported the highest daily tally (45) since the outbreak of the disease in the country.

The response plan says that the reopening of schools and concretisation of the plan will be determined by the lifespan of the disease.

“It is not possible to define the lifespan of Covid-19 crisis and specify when schools will reopen. There is therefore need to put in place, measures to circumvent the loss of teaching time,” the document reads.