Impact of COVID-19 Measures on Kenya’s Education Sector
Date
2021-10-08
Authors
Ng’ang’a, Tabitha Kiriti
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Publisher
African Economic Research Consortium
Abstract
The measures taken to combat COVID-19 pandemic were sudden and unexpected.
The long closure of schools, though intended to combat COVID-19, may have led to
unintended consequences on the education sector. This study analyses the impact
of COVID-19 measures on the education sector. Specifically, the paper investigates
the impact of the long closure of schools on private and informal community schools;
the success of the online/remote learning; the impact of the long closure of schools
on teachers, boys and girls; and investigates the learning institution’s level of
preparedness to implement COVID-19 protocols when they reopened in October 2020.