Schools’ reopening: President asks education ministry to prepare school calendar

Continue reading:

2024 Term dates, School Calendar

Revised School Term dates/ calendar for 20242024 School calendar adjusted as new reopening date is announced

Education Ministry releases 2024 schools’ calendar for co-curricular activities

2024 revised school calendar (Revised 2024 term dates for primary and secondary schools)

Updated 2024 Kenya School Calendar with Term Dates (Primary and Secondary)

TPAD 2 Calendar of Activities at school Level per term

Secondary, Junior and Primary Schools games 2024 Calendar (All Co-curricular Activities)

Teacher Training Colleges 2024 Academic Calendar, Term Dates

New school calendar unveiled by CS Machogu

2024 School Calendar – Final Ministry of Education Term dates

Ministry of Education releases 2024 Revised and Final schools’ calendar

2024/2025 School Academic Calendar, Term Dates

Revised school calendar (Ministry of education term dates 2024)

Term dates, School Calendar, for 2024

School calendar for 2024 in Kenya- Latest education news

Calendar of Activities for the New TPAD 2 per term: Free TSC Forms downloads

2024 Revised school calendar (2024 term dates for primary and secondary schools)

School Term Dates/ Calendar 2024: Official Ministry Guidelines

2024 Academic Year Calendar, Term Dates

President Uhuru Kenyatta has asked the ministry of education to come up with a revised school calendar. Speaking during this year’s Madaraka day celebrations on Monday, at State House in Nairobi, the president told the ministry to draft a schools’ reopening plan so that learning can resume.

“The Ministry of Education (is directed to) fast-track and finalize the ongoing consultations with the stakeholders that will provide an appropriate calendar for gradual resumption of education in the country.  The guidelines should also include protocols to be followed by all learning institutions to guarantee the safety of our children.” said the head of state.

Uhuru said he felt for parents and candidates as they were the most hit by the current paralysis in the education sector that has been brought about by the covid 19 pandemic.

“I appreciate the anxiety weighing heavy on the minds of parents and children – particularly those preparing for the national examinations.  I share the heavy hearts of all the faithful who can no longer congregate and share in worship of The Almighty.” he added.

The president’s directive comes at a time when the ministry of education is faced with a herculean task of safely reopening basic learning institutions that were closed in mid March when the first cases of covid 19 disease were reported in the country.

SEE ALSO;

• Education ministry orders schools to have leaner teaching and non-teaching staffs: Gives recruitment regulations, numbers and salaries

The national covid 19 education response committee, that presented its report to Prof Magoha, among other recommendations want schools to be reopened in phases as from September this year. The committee also proposes that the KCSE and KCPE examinations be pushed to February, March next year so as to give the candidates enough time to prepare to sit the all important national tests.

While receiving the report, last week, CS Magoha CS Magoha said that a child who is well and safe at home is better than one who attempted to do the exam and died. he advised Parents to be ready to stay with their children (at home) even longer. He added that reopening of learning institutions will be guided by health situation.

Some countries in other parts of the country have been forced to close down the schools after attempts to reopen them flopped. Last week, South Korea became the latest country to close hundreds of schools that had reopened days earlier after a spike in cases of the
novel coronavirus. Reports showed that 838 schools of the 20,902 in the East Asian region country that were supposed to reopen on Wednesday did not, including in Seoul, and hundreds closed on Thursday in Seoul, Bucheon and other cities.

Kenyans will be waiting to see the work plan and rescheduled school calendar that the ministry of education is set to release in coming few days. but, this latest directive from the president would see the ministry speed up the release of the reopening guidelines and calendar.

RELATED NEWS

• Science and mathematics teachers to be trained, online, in June: Training programme and more Details
• No more co-curricular activities, games as education ministry demands money back
• Teachers’ pay: Government warned against any attempt to slash teachers’ salaries
• Reopening of schools: Full statement by CS Magoha on state of education in the country
• Education CS Magoha receives report on schools’ reopening; makes a statement
• CS Magoha to Kenyans- This is what you must do if we will reopen schools