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Exodus to rural schools as Covid saps incomes

Exodus to rural schools as Covid saps incomes Tuesday January 19 2021 Children and parents queue at Concordia Primary School in Mombasa to seek admission on January 4, 2021. FILE PHOTO | NMG By ELIZABETH KIVUVA Summary The Covid-19 economic crisis has put many families across the country in a fix, forcing them to make hard choices, if only to stay afloat. Arguably, none has been as tough as the choice of school for the thousands of parents who have had to drastically cut their expenditure in the face of shrinking income sources. The hole dug by the health pandemic on many a parent’s pockets was evident when schools reopened on January 4 with most seeking to transfer their children from private to public institutions.

Pandemic Closes, Repurposes Kenya s Private Schools

English By Brenda Mulinya Share on Facebook Print this page Sorry, but your browser cannot support embedded video of this type, you can download this video to view it offline. Download File The building was a privately-run Nairobi kindergarten until July, when the COVID-19 pandemic forced it to close.     The corona pandemic is the one that made me to get this shop, because the school was closed, and there were no kids,  Kamande said.  Kenya s Private School Association says nearly 400 private schools were forced to close because of the pandemic, affecting 56,000 students.  Now the buildings are being repurposed, as shops, storage facilities, businesses and residences. 

Private schools borrow Sh14bn on Covid woes

Private schools borrowed Sh14 billion in the eight months to December for survival as Covid-19 pandemic paralysed learning, forcing some to shut down permanently.

Kenya: 10,000 students ditch private schools, enrolled in public institutions

Devdiscourse News Desk | Nairobi | Updated: 07-01-2021 13:23 IST | Created: 07-01-2021 13:23 IST Representative image. Image Credit: Twitter (@KituiCountyGovt) With the reopening of schools in Kenya, the schools are observing a trend where students are exiting private schools and getting enrolled in public institutions, according to a report by Kenyans.co.Ke. Reportedly stating in a press meet earlier on Wednesday, George Magoha, Cabinet Secretary of EducationKenya noted that around 10,000 students in the country have been enrolled in public schools. Advertisement Schools in Kenya opened on January 4, 2021, after which the trend has been observed, it reported. In Nyeri over 1,000 students had switched to public institutions, he added.

Coronavirus upends best laid education plans in tough year

Coronavirus upends best laid education plans in tough year Wednesday December 30 2020 Children play at Star of Hope Primary in Lunga Lunga village, Industrial Area Nairobi attends to a student on November 2. Schools reopen on January 4. PHOTO | DENNIS ONSONGO | NMG By LYNET IGADWAH Summary Many parents were optimistic that the interruption in the first term would soon be over and their children back in class. In hindsight now, Kenyans were underestimating the disruptive power of the pandemic whose impact they had yet to fully comprehend. As the Ministry of Education grappled with unworkable school reopening dates in subsequent months when Covid-19 infections spiked, it became clear that pupils and students were in real danger of losing out on an academic year.

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