Cabinet Secretary for Education Prof George Magoha has today said that teachers should start preparing to report to their schools as the ministry prepares to receive the report on Monday from a taskforce established earlier this week to look at preparedness of learning institutions.
Addressing the media today after assessing the preparedness of Mawego Technical Training Institute in Homabay County, the CS said that from his personal observation, Covid-19 curve has started to flatten.
“From what I have observed, the curve is flattening and as a ministry we are in the process of relooking at our systems so that to get prepared. The report for technical and vocational institutions is ready and on Monday we will wait to receive the other reports from the taskforce and take them to another level for consideration before a concrete decision can be made,” Prof Magoha said.
“Teachers can start to prepare to report back to their schools to make them habitable before students report. And at that time, we will have phased re-opening with priority given to exam classes. In fact technical colleges are likely to re-open soon,” he said.
The CS commended the management and Board of Mawego TTI for transforming the institution within a very short time to make it one of the few institution ready to re-open.
On Monday the CS had said the decision on when public schools will reopen will be known after a mega stakeholders meeting on September 25th.
Addressing a press conference outside the Kenya Insitute of Curriculum Development (KICD) in Nairobi, the CS stated that there was still a need for more consultations among the key players in the education sector.
“We have looked at all aspects and we, as stakeholders, have come to a consensus that indeed it is time to relook this process (the reopening of schools). The doctors have told us the curve is flattening and so we should be prepared,” he said.
The college has completely turned around the institution paving all walkways with cabro bricks, placed digital thermo-guns and handwashing machines and sanitisers in all entry points and walkways.
They have also tiled all the floors in classrooms, dining halls, hostels, kitchen, offices and workshops. One of the main walkway traversing the college the well done tarmack has been laid by the students.
The function was attended by Homabay Governor Cyprian Awiti and his deputy, the Principal Secretary Dr Julius Jwan and TVET Authority Director General Dr Kipkirui Langat.
The governor requested the CS to consider the Board request to have the institution upgraded to National Polytechnic.
However, the CS said the ministry will look at the quality assurance report and make a decision on merit.
This is good progress. We appreciate CS Prof Magoha’s efforts.
I’m sure there’s some institutions which are not ready for re opening soon …Things can get ugly even for the country at large when just a single student goes back to school with the virus
In case of single case of covid 19 in a school does it mean all students , teaching and non teaching staff will be quarantined?
Professor should employ rainmakers to send away rains during the day so as to favour those students to do learning outside the classrooms
So all institutions are allowed to open?
What about private schools that have closed down indefinitely and have exam candidates which seems not to be addressed?
You can’t talk of reopening the school, after you people have looted the government and made over 50% workers jobless and others earning less than half of what they were earning due to “effect of Covid-19 pandemic”, scam.
It been a while since we last thought about going back to school i can see there’s a lot of hope for our kids to be back to their normal life routine ya masomo…..
We are ready for work any time we are called to do so
I dont get the point of opening schools at all because we are all going to start a fresh what is the rush for Magoha ..if you think of opening schools yet covid is still here with us what do you really want and you have heard from other countries once the school is opened the next time you hear students infected…Get serious with life and stop the Rush.
In case of single case of covid 19 in a school does it mean all students , teaching and non teaching staff will be quarantined?
Honestly students going back to school on October won’t make sense at all
children should start again on January from their first topic of the subjects because honestly most of them never had the equipments of studying at home
I agree with you…. let’s say if they are going to prioritize the exam candidates to go back to school this October for the second term like I have heard and do their exams April when will especially class eight go to form one and there will be already form one in progress
Let’s mind on the preparedness of all school levels. I have heard progress preparedness in higher institutions,such as TVET ,universities and colleges. What about the Government intervention on preparedness in primary Schools?
Schools were closed with one patient (Brenda). It’s opening with……,……patients. wonders will never cease. The students will curse you forever Bwana CS.
If schools are to open next month, i suggest for a a total change of the academic academic year so that the class pupils who will have done their exam do not waste another year as they wait to be admitted in form one 2022. This applies also to the form 4s.
The BOM money is out. The BOM teachers have it in their pockets while their PTA counterparts in primary schools received nothing. They are registered teachers who also forwarded their details only to realize there is nothing for them. God save us.
Let schools start a fresh in January,, if they are opened now how will the academic calendar read? If its for universities, colleges and other institutions its OK but not secondary and primary schools.
primary BOM teachers have nothing at all,,,, please consider us soonest possible..
Let The CS have a firm decision on matters concerning about school reopening. We are bombarded by so many stories which has flummoxed us .
#Be wise and leads us very well .
schools to re-open january pls
This is actually overwhelming students coz teachers will rush their syllabus the best time to reopen is on January relook your decisions wisely