All primary and secondary institutions in the country will be reopened in January 2021.
The announcement was made by Education Cabinet Secretary George Magoha this morning after meeting with all the education stakeholders.
In his announcement, Prof Magoha stated that all pupils in Grade 1,2 and 3 and classes 5 to 7 and Students in form 1 to 3 shall be in the same class in 2020.
This will mean that there will be two form one classes in the academic year of 2021.
Teacher Training colleges, Technical colleges and Universities could however resume in September.
“We expect to reopen our schools in January 2021 as we hope by then, we would have achieved in flattening our curve as a country,” Prof Magoha added.
The new recommendations have pushed the national exams which were scheduled for March 2021 to August 2021 or the end of 2021.
At the same time, schools will have to learn in different shifts to achieve social distancing rules in classrooms and each learner to be provided with two face masks.
The CS went on to announce that there will be no national exams this year. The CS however encouraged tertiary institutions and Universities to continue with online lessons and embrace virtual graduation ceremonies in the meantime as the ministry of health is looking to flatten the curve in the fight against novel Corona virus.
The position has been supported by all teachers’ unions including KNUT and KUPPET.
