[File, Standard]Education Cabinet Secretary Prof George Magoha has cleared final year medical students to resume face-to-face learning and assessment saying the move will boost the country’s medical sector that is currently under strain due to Covid-19 pandemic. In a circular sent to nine universities currently training medical students, Prof Magoha said the Covid-19 pandemic had ‘precipitated the need to assess’ medical students so as to increase the number of medical personnel in the health facilities. Dated August 21, 2020, and copied to CS Magoha; KMPDU CEO Daniel Yumbya lauded the progress made by the students in online learning. CS Magoha has been visiting tertiary institutions inspecting their preparedness for regulated reopening. Should the directive to allow medical students to take examination run unhampered, the CS could consider the decision to reopen school after months of closure to the virus.

Source: Standard Digital September 01, 2020 07:24 UTC