THE STANDARD
OPINION
British High Commissioner Jane Marriot with Global Teacher Award Winner Peter Tabichi during a lesson at Keriko Secondary School in Njoro, Nakuru County on May 17, 2021. [Kipsang Joseph, Standard]
There are thousands of children and youth not attending school due to Covid-19 and related problems. School dropout has also been exacerbated by pre-Covid-19 educational inequalities.
The dire situation, aggravated by the poor economy in an already fragile education system, has generated unprecedented challenges that we must tackle together. Education is a shared responsibility, and progress can only be made through common efforts. This is essential to meeting Universal Primary Education in response to Sustainable Development Goal on education (SDG 4).
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School safety is an integral and indispensable component of the teaching and learning process. Indeed, no meaningful teaching and learning can effectively take place in an environment that is unsafe to both learners and teachers, especially in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Thus, it is imperative that the government fosters a safe and secure teaching/learning environment ahead of school reopening. This would facilitate the much touted 100 per cent return-to-classroom strategy, increased learner enrolment, retention and completion, and hence attainment of inclusive and equitable quality education.