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State should bail out private schools hard hit by pandemic

Private schools head teachers’ association during a briefing at Haki Africa offices in Mombasa County on Wednesday, July 15, 2020. They asked the National Government to intervene since most private schools are closing down businesses. [Kelvin Karani, Standard]

The education sector is on the edge of a new crisis — that of private schools crumbling due to the prolonged closure caused by the Covid-19 pandemic.

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