The digital divide - lack of internet and electricity - has hampered remote learning at home for poor students countrywide since schools closed in mid-March because of Covid-19. In West Pokot, however, more than 1,600 learners from vulnerable families will receive materials to help them learn at home before schools reopen. On Monday, the Ministry of Education and Unicef started distributing materials to primary and secondary school learners in Kapenguria. Three-quarters of children without access to remote learning live in rural areas; others live in urban informal settlements. Eight in 10 Kenyan children said they have learnt little or nothing since schools closed, a Save the Children survey said.

Source: The Star October 06, 2020 18:56 UTC