School Reopening: Magoha Asks Teachers to Use Tree Shades for Classes
Education CS George Magoha addresses the media in October 2020
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Education Cabinet Secretary George Magoha has asked school heads to use tree shades as classrooms to achieve social distance when learning resumes in January 2021.
Speaking during a tour inspecting the preparedness of schools in Murang a on Wednesday, December 30, the CS claimed that no country in the world had managed to build extra classrooms due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Teachers should become innovative, if the weather is as good as it is now, nothing stops the headteacher from holding some classes beneath the trees while others are inside, he stated
School Reopening: Headteachers Call For Shift System
Education Cabinet Secretary George Magoha at a school in Nyeri on October 28, 2020.
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Headteachers have opposed the full reopening of schools scheduled for January 4, 2021, citing inadequate preparation in a majority of schools.
The Kenya Primary Schools Heads Association (Kepsha) during a meeting in Nairobi on December 28 cautioned against the reopening, noting that they were underfunded.
The school heads argued that the large populations in several public primary schools would make it near impossible for them to implement and adhere to health protocols in the fight against Covid-19.
A file image of a teacher in a classroom
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