THE COVID-19. AN ANALYTICAL VIEW ON SCHOOL RE-OPENING IN KENYA
THE COVID-19. AN ANALYTICAL VIEW ON SCHOOL RE-OPENING IN KENYA
Dr. Wamichwe Joel Mwangi - School of Education, Presbyterian University of East Africa, Kenya
ABSTRACT
The Covid-19, also known as coronavirus is a viral disease caused by a sub microscopic infection agent that replicate only inside the living cell of an organism. The term “Covid-19” was derived from the year of occurrence namely “2019”. Its occurrence dealt a devastating damage to the day to day global socio- economic activities. Among the most affected activity was education or schooling. The shutting down of institutions of learning had been cited as crucial measure to contain the rapid spread of the pandemic and was deemed as the best measure to enhance social-distancing. Though, the closing down of educational institutions was necessary, it was worth to mention that it came with costs. Lack of schooling had far reaching effects on socio-economic fabrics of the society. Thus these studies aimed at examining the re-opening of schools amid Covid-19, and suggested possible ways and means through which to contain covid-19 pandemic while teaching and learning took precedence. The proposed measures included policy guideline on covid-19 containment, online teaching, abolition of boarding schools, student teacher ratio, class student ratio, makeshift classes and vaccination among others.
