Primary school pupils and their secondary school counterparts are likely to return to class in October if Education CS George Magoha adopts recommendations from the Covid-19 Education Response Committee. A report by Daily Nation on Sunday, September 20, indicated that the committee had settled on Monday, October 19, 2020, as the preferred schools reopening date countrywide. The committee further advised the Ministry of Education to push forward the KCSE and KCPE examinations to April 2021. The proposals come five months after Magoha constituted the committee in May and charged it with exploring the best possible strategies of restoring normalcy in Education. In early June, the CS had maintained that schools would remain shut until the Ministry of Health provided guidance through the National Emergency Response Committee on Covid-19.

Source: Daily Nation September 20, 2020 04:14 UTC