Parents oppose Uhuru plan to reopen schools

President Uhuru Kenyatta (right) with Education CS George Magoha. Parents have opposed any plans to reopen schools before coronavirus is contained. [Elvis Ogina, Standard]

Parents and teachers are questioning the government’s plan to partially reopen schools to let candidates prepare for national examinations, yet some of the institutions have been designated as isolation centres for Covid-19 patients.

Last month the government listed 460 schools, mostly boarding, and colleges, that would be turned into emergency medical facilities, with a bed capacity of 138,220, should the number of coronavirus patients balloon and overwhelm the country’s health facilities.