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Join Our Telegram Group Education Cabinet Secretary Professor George Magoha has officially announced the school resumption dates to Monday the 12th of October 2020, for both the Primary and Secondary Schools. The form 4 class for high schools, standard 8 for the upper primary, and grade 4 pupils are the ones that will report to […]
Join Our Telegram Group Cabinet Secretary for the Ministry of Education Prof George Magoha has never indicated when schools are to reopen. Since schools were closed in March, there have been a series of events or rather speeches from the CS that have always served to add even more confusion to the already uncertain situation. […]
Join Our Telegram Group Education Cabinet Secretary Prof George Magoha has said that now is the time to reopen schools as he rules out reopening in January. According to CS Magoha, the situation with COVID-19 is not going to change even if the government pushes the reopening of schools to January 2021. “We have to […]
Following the closure of schools in March to curb the spread of COVID-19, President Uhuru was expected to ease measures taken by the government after Kenya recorded the first case among them being the reopening of schools. President Uhuru and other government officials met in Nairobi to discuss what to do with the COVID-19 pandemic […]
The Kenya Union of Post Primary Education Teachers (KUPPET) has implored the Ministry of Education together with the Ministry of Health to ensure that all students receive three re-usable masks each with schools likely to reopen in October. “The government should ensure every student has a mask that will be bought by the government of […]
Dr. Nancy Macharia, the Teachers Service Commission CEO, has ordered all the teachers to report back to schools on Monday the 28th of September to prepare for the reopening of Schools. The TSC CEO was addressing the media after attending the education stakeholders meeting at the Kenya Institute of Curriculum Development in Nairobi. This meeting […]
A 10-member education committee appointed by the Cabinet Secretary of Education Prof George Magoha, and chaired by Dr. Sarah Ruto, has resolved that schools should reopen on October 19th, 2020. Dr. Sarah Ruto’s (KICD Chairperson) team was tasked by the Education CS to advise the Ministry of Education on matters of school reopening following an […]
Preparation for the reopening of basic education institutions is well and truly underway. Candidate students will be the first to resume learning and the other classes will probably join them earlier next year as things stand at the moment of writing this article. In order to meet the social distancing measures in schools, the government […]
The following are the measures to be implemented to ensure safety in dormitories and other boarding facilities. Dormitories or halls of residence shall be adapted to ensure social distancing with no congestion and maintain at least a distance of one meter between the beds from all directions and if possible, boarding will be optional. Learners/trainees […]
What will school managers do when a learner/trainee or staff member develops any symptoms of illness in line with COVID-19? These symptoms include new-onset or worsening cough or shortness of breath or at least two of the following symptoms: muscle ache, headache, sore throat, loss of smell or taste, and a fever of 37.50C. If […]
Teachers and learners or trainees will wear facemasks while in classrooms or in other learning facilities. This is due to the novel coronavirus pandemic and measures have to be put in place to curb the spread of the virus. Besides this, the following are the guidelines on how to manage classrooms. Teachers and other staff […]
The government has released new guidelines through the ministry of education. They will be observed in schools as reopening is around the corner. Education CS has unveiled the new regulations on September 16, 2020, while giving a press conference on the reopening of schools. Some of the proposed regulations include the following. Eating will be […]