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Principals want national examinations postponed

Benta Opande, Chief Executive Officer, Kenya Women Teachers Association (Kewota).

Headteachers want national examinations postponed arguing that the rising infections of Covid-19 could prolong the closure of schools even further. 

The government closed all schools in March because of coronavirus outbreak and forecasts by the Ministry of Health that the infections may peak in August points at a possible loss of an entire academic year.

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