This archive report was first published on 8 July 2020.
On July 8, 2020, Education Cabinet Secretary Prof. George Magoha announced that the 2020 academic year would be considered lost due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
As a result, all primary and secondary schools will reopen in January 2021, with the 2020 Standard 8 and Form 4 candidates sitting their KCPE and KCSE examinations later in the year.
Prof. Magoha stated that all learners in Grade 1 to 4 and Standard 5 to 7 as well as Form 1 to 3 in 2020 will remain in their current classes in 2021.
He also announced that there will be no KCPE and KCSE examinations in 2021, citing the impracticality of covering the curriculum load for five terms in one year.
Additionally, Prof. Magoha noted that the number of teachers required will increase due to the challenge of having enough teachers, especially for optional subjects, to meet the demand of split classes.
