Kenyan Education Minister George Magoha announced that all school, public and private, will remain closed until at least January 2021 due to the Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic. Final year examinations usually taken in October and November have also been cancelled. Mr. Magoha stated that because the Kenyan school year begins in January and school had only been in session for about 3 months before they Covid-19 pandemic forced their closures, students would have to repeat a year once the 2021 session begins.

Though Kenya's Institute of Curriculum Development has been providing school programs through radio, television, and online platforms since the closure of schools in March, not all students and educators have access to the technology to successfully cover the entirety of the syllabus. According to Kenyan official sources, colleges, universities, and other higher education institutions may be able to reopen in September this year depending on the pandemic situation and if they abide by strict sets of guidelines.

As of now, Kenya's Ministry of Health states that the nation has over 8,000 confirmed Covid-19 cases alongside 167 Covid-19-related mortalities. About 2,400 people have recovered in Kenya so far.    

Note: The statistics and numbers used in this article were retrieved from the Kenyan Ministry of Health's website at https://www.health.go.ke/ , and is accurate as of 18:56 local Vancouver time on July 7th, 2020. All images were retrieved from the public domain and do not require attribution or other citation for commercial use.