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Kenya: School Timetable - Candidates Report Back on October 5
Nation, 23 September 2020
The October reopening of schools will be in phases, ending six months of closure occasioned by the Covid-19 pandemic. Read more »
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Kenya: Learners to Be Back in Class On October 19
Nation, 20 September 2020
Schools will open on October 19 while Standard Eight and Form Four learners will sit their national exams in April 2021 if the government adopts proposals by a committee appointed… Read more »
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Kenya: Education Boss Hints at Re-Opening Schools Before January
Nation, 15 September 2020
Universities and colleges have been cleared to recall students for on-campus learning as the government also considers reopening schools this year. Read more »
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Kenya: Women 'Suffering Under Covid-19'
Nation, 14 September 2020
Women bear the brunt of Covid-19--not so profound a statement in the Kenyan context, where a spike in teen pregnancies has featured regularly in the media since the government… Read more »
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Kenya: Gender Ministers Strategize on Post-Covid-19 Recovery
Nation, 14 September 2020
Women and girls globally have been the major casualties of the disruption caused by the Covid-19 pandemic. Read more »
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Africa: Covid-19 to Push 47 Million Women to Poverty
Nation, 14 September 2020
Globally, girls and women have been the most affected by the disruption caused the Covid-19 pandemic. Read more »
It's a Date! Kenya to Open Schools on October 19
A team of senior education stakeholders have proposed to reorganise the academic calendar such that the second term starts in October and ends in November, and the third term starts in January and ends in March. The first term in the 2021 calendar will start in May or early June, meaning hundreds of thousands of children scheduled to join Early Child Development Education classes will be delayed for half a year. Standard Eight and Form Four learners will sit their national exams in April 2021 if the government adopts proposals by a committee appointed by Education Cabinet Secretary George Magoha. Learners will not repeat classes as it had been announced earlier. Over 18 million students have been affected by the closure of schools due to the novel coronavirus pandemic.
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Florian helping her daughter Sheila Achieng do her revision at home in Kibera as schools are closed due to the Covid-19 pandemic (file photo).
