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We must not hurry to reopen learning institutions

As we have said here before, there should be no hurry in the reopening of schools

Education Cabinet Secretary George Magoha has the interest of our children at heart. After the case of Covid-19 was reported in March, he was instrumental in the closing of learning institutions countrywide to ensure that no child got infected in the school precincts.

Since then, under pressure from various quarters, Prof Magoha has been agonising about when schools should be reopened and they should look like.

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