Category: Opinion
Opinion
Three classes will begin their third term while the rest will start the 2020 second term when schools reopen on January 4 hoping to recover 10 months of learning calendar …
Opinion
Despite its many negatives, Covid-19 has brought out the talent in many learners while at home, giving them a break from fulfilling parental expectation of good exam grades. Parents …
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The world of education is threatened. It is at a juncture where one path leads back to where things were before the Covid-19 crisis, a system that, by and …
Opinion
Bringing students back to schools and campuses or keeping them at home both have negative consequences. Schools and universities have no good options for resuming in-person learning during Covid-19. …
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By Wednesday I could understand the worry, anger and desperation that made Gladys Madere post on Facebook, “This is confusing parents. Makhoha is incompetent. He should be able to …
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In Africa, boarding schools were patterned on colonial models of education and were often underutilised by indigenous peoples. They were highly regimented and often instilled passivity rather than initiative, …
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TEACHERS, THIS IS HOW TO PREPARE FOR A WEALTHY, HEALTHY AND HAPPY RETIREMENT. When we think about retirement, two things come into our minds, fear and anxiety. How will …
Opinion
The government’s health survey recently attributed a spike in teenage pregnancies to the Covid-19 lockdown. Since the pandemic hit Kenya in March, social workers have been warning us about …
Opinion
Many questions abound on preparedness after Education Cabinet Secretary George Magoha announced the suspension of the 2020 academic calendar for the 16 million pre-primary, primary and secondary school learners …
Opinion
The recommendations by the Magoha appointed team has dashed the hopes for reopening schools anytime soon. This is after tough layouts for reopening schools were presented. The ten member …
Opinion
Orange Democratic Movement party leader Raila Odinga has waded into the ongoing debate concerning the possibility of reopening schools by June. The ongoing coronavirus pandemic has hugely hampered the …
