“There will be great learning loss and we need to take cognisance of this when the schools open,” said Dr Sara Ruto, the chairperson of the Kenya Institute of Curriculum Development. She told the Nation that the learners who will be the worst hit by the learning loss are those in emergent stages at every level of the education cycle. “There is anxiety among the candidates as they feel uncertain of the future and loss of momentum they had gained. “The younger learners are dropping six per cent of their cognitive skills performance for every week of school lost. Those learning remotely are developing their self-regulated learning and digital literacy skills,” said Dr Maina Gioko, a teacher at Aga Khan Academy in Mombasa.

Source: Daily Nation July 15, 2020 07:52 UTC