Kenya’s Unusual Solution to the School Problem: Cancel 2020 and Start Over
4 years, 2 months ago

Kenya’s Unusual Solution to the School Problem: Cancel 2020 and Start Over

News 18  

Kenya’s Unusual Solution to the School Problem: Cancel 2020 and Start Over Last Updated: August 06, 2020, 19:38 IST Education experts believe Kenya is the only nation to declare the entire public school year a total washout due to the coronavirus pandemic and order students to start over. Education experts believe Kenya is the only nation to have gone so far as to declare the entire school year a total washout and order students to start over. “It’s like day and night," said Ken Ramani, an educational economist and communications director at The Technical University of Kenya, who has written widely about education in Kenya. But instead of scrapping the entire school year — a move she described as “punishing the children" for the outbreak — she said education officials should have invested in practical solutions to keep children in school, like prioritizing internet connectivity to remote areas.

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Kenya president postpones reopening of schools as flood-related deaths pass 200
8 months, 1 week ago

Kenya president postpones reopening of schools as flood-related deaths pass 200

Associated Press  

NAIROBI, Kenya — Kenyan President William Ruto has postponed next week’s planned reopening of schools until further notice, as heavy rains and floods that have killed more than 200 people continue. The president in his state of the nation address on Friday said that “meteorological reports paint a dire picture,” citing the possibility of Cyclone Hidaya hitting coastal Kenya in …

Kenya postpones reopening of schools as flood-related deaths near 100
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Kenya postpones reopening of schools as flood-related deaths near 100

The Independent  

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Kenya postpones reopening of schools as flood-related deaths near 100
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Kenya postpones reopening of schools as flood-related deaths near 100

Associated Press  

NAIROBI, Kenya — Kenya has postponed the reopening of its schools by one week due to ongoing flooding caused by heavy rains, as flood-related deaths since mid-March in the East African country neared 100. Ninety-three people have died in the flooding in Kenya and that number is expected to rise after a boat capsized in the northern Garissa county on …

Schools reopen in Uganda after nearly-two-year COVID closure
3 years ago

Schools reopen in Uganda after nearly-two-year COVID closure

Al Jazeera  

Some 15 million pupils have not attended school in Uganda since March 2020 when classrooms were shuttered as COVID-19 swept the world. Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni lifted the bulk of COVID-19-related restrictions in the country in September last year, but he left schools shuttered. Child rights groups had criticised Uganda’s decision to keep schools fully or partially shuttered for 83 …

Uganda plans to reopen schools next year – but who will return?
3 years, 1 month ago

Uganda plans to reopen schools next year – but who will return?

Al Jazeera  

After more than 80 weeks of closure, questions loom over the effect of the shutdown on students and teachers. Kampala, Uganda – Long before Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni announced last month that schools would reopen in January, 15-year-old Florence Nagawa had decided she was not going back. The more than 80-week school shut down – the world’s longest – has …

Government schools preferred over private post covid-19
3 years, 3 months ago

Government schools preferred over private post covid-19

Deccan Chronicle  

WARANGAL: Gone are the days during which parents used to send their children to private schools for quality education. In some villages, all students would ignore government schools within reach of their homes and head to private schools in nearby towns. About 105 government schools in the Warangal district have been closed since 2016 for this very reason. During the …

As schools reopen in Africa, relief is matched by anxiety
4 years, 1 month ago

As schools reopen in Africa, relief is matched by anxiety

The Independent  

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A national school lockdown will not happen again, education minister says
4 years, 4 months ago

A national school lockdown will not happen again, education minister says

Dutch News  

A national lockdown of schools must be prevented at all cost, and local or regional closures are the most likely scenario if coronavirus is makes a comeback, education minister Arie Slob has told the AD in an interview. However suggestions that the government prioritise teachers when testing for coronavirus, which would enable those with symptoms to get back to work …

More than a billion students affected by coronavirus closures: UN
4 years, 5 months ago

More than a billion students affected by coronavirus closures: UN

Al Jazeera  

UN chief warns of ‘generational catastrophe’ as pandemic forces schools to be shut down in more than 160 countries. The coronavirus pandemic has caused the largest disruption in education in history, with schools closed in some 160 countries in mid-July affecting more than one billion students, the United Nations has said. Launching a new policy brief on Tuesday, UN chief …

World is facing ‘generational catastrophe’ in education, UN warns
4 years, 5 months ago

World is facing ‘generational catastrophe’ in education, UN warns

CNN  

CNN — The world is facing a “generational catastrophe” because of school closures during the coronavirus pandemic, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned Tuesday. “Now we face a generational catastrophe that could waste untold human potential, undermine decades of progress, and exacerbate entrenched inequalities.” The knock-on effects on child nutrition, child marriage and gender equality, among others, are “deeply concerning,” he …

Home learning, reopening schools especially hard in Africa
4 years, 5 months ago

Home learning, reopening schools especially hard in Africa

Associated Press  

KAMPALA, Uganda — Lessons via radio or TV. “I think education now is more of an emergency than the health issue,” said Dr. Mary Goretti Nakabugo, a literacy expert who runs a Uganda-based education nonprofit called Uwezo, noting that there have been no reported virus deaths and just over 1,000 cases in this East African country, though, as elsewhere, limited …

At least 7 killed as school collapses in Kenya’s capital
5 years, 3 months ago

At least 7 killed as school collapses in Kenya’s capital

Associated Press  

NAIROBI, Kenya — A school collapsed in Kenya’s capital on Monday and killed at least seven children, officials said, while some outraged residents alleged shoddy construction. “We were in class reading and we heard pupils and teachers screaming, and the class started collapsing and then a stone hit me on the mouth,” one survivor, 10-year-old Tracy Oduor, told The Associated …

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