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Join Our Telegram Group The government plans to provide facemasks, soaps, and sanitizers to students at a cost of Ksh. 2.1 Billion as schools are to reopen in January. The budget details are in the post-recovery plan released by the National Treasury named Post-Covid-19 Economic Recovery Strategy (2020-2022). The document details that between December 2020 […]
Join Our Telegram Group First-year students of the University of Nairobi finally reported to campus for one on one learning. Students who will be taking practical lessons were given the first priority by the Ministry of Education. Now it seems UoN has called their students to begin attending lectures. Students who have practical lessons reported […]
Join Our Telegram Group The senate questioned Education Cabinet Secretary George Magoha’s ability to lead the Ministry of Education and the decision he made to reopen schools as COVID-19 cases are seemingly on the rise in the country. Members of Parliament, however, supported the decision to reopen schools but faulted the Ministry of Education for […]
Reopening of schools is now uncertain again as after a court order issued today that could mean learners staying at home for even longer. All learners in secondary and primary schools have been stuck at home since March following the closure of all learning institutions to curb the spread of the coronavirus. A Kisii High […]
The Ministry of Education has announced that students in the final year in teachers training colleges, universities, and Vocational training colleges will resume physical or in-person classes as from Monday, October 5. Education Cabinet Secretary Professor George Magoha said today that his ministry has commenced phased reopening of learning institutions starting with final year students […]
Following the closure of schools in March due to the effects of the novel coronavirus, students and teachers alike have been stuck at home with virtual lessons not working for all students. With the relative flattening of the curve and with President Uhuru also contemplating a return to the norm for Kenyans, schools now look […]
Education Cabinet Secretary Professor George Magoha unveiled health guidelines for the long-awaited reopening of primary and secondary schools on Wednesday, September 16 after open suspense and controversy that followed his Monday meeting. In the guidelines are measures that should be enforced by the educational institutions prior to the reopening, that will also ensure continuity of […]
Education CS Prof George Magoha said on Wednesday that only President Uhuru Kenyatta can decide when reopening of schools will happen. The CS has been in the process of inspecting learning institutions in order to assess how they are prepared. Even if various experts recommended when to reopen, CS Magoha said, only His Excellency President […]
The Teachers Service Commission (TSC) has provided guidelines ahead of the commencement of community-based learning. This comes in light of the ongoing situation in the country whereby students have been stuck at home since the closure of schools in March. Schools were closed in March to help curb the spread of COVID-19. Students have been […]
It is approaching five months ever since the government of Uganda issued a temporary but indefinite closure on all institutions of learning in order to contain the spread of the Coronavirus. With time, however, different countries have given hope to school administrators, as they have promised to reopen schools soon, following a particular set of […]
On Tuesday, a day after President Uhuru Kenyatta announced the lifting of the cessation order for Mombasa, Nairobi, and Mandera counties, CS Magoha announced that basic education institutions will resume next year. This comes after parents and other stakeholders expressed concerns concerning the reopening of schools in September. “Stakeholders have ditched the proposal to reopen […]
Alexander Lukashenko, the president of Belarus once told his nation that they should ‘drink beer and wash their hands with it’. As ridiculous as that is especially coming from the head of state who is supposed to lead his flock by example, Belarus continued with football matches with fans attending despite the presence of the […]