Should Kenya Govt Bail Out Private Schools Corona Has Dismantled?

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President Uhuru Kenyatta, on Monday, July 27, directed the Education Ministry to defer the reopening of universities from September 2020, to January 2021, effectively placing the 11,000 private learning institutions in the country at risk of total collapse.
Speaking to the various county governors during the 5th extra-ordinary summit via video link, the president highlighted the need to protect the students from exposure to the Covid-19 as the main reason behind the move.
The President further instructed the Education Ministry to ensure online learning and graduations continue as scheduled, adding that Education CS George Magoha would communicate the actual reopening dates soon.
“The ministry will then communicate with parents and students on a way forward in regards to their studies,” he stated during his latest address to the nation.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dgy6qnGaIpk:42

His announcement comes on the same day as a report published by CGTN reporter Robert Nagila, who highlighted the plight of private learning institutions in the country, following the disruption of the academic year.
In the feature, a report by The Kenya Private School Association showed that about 100 schools have already shut their doors permanently and that the majority of Kenya’s 11,000 private learning institutions are on a similar path.
Mugure Nderitu, owner of Little Paws Kindergarten, Nairobi told Nagila that she was in the process of winding up as she could not manage to run her payroll.
“I am at the point now where I am now thinking about what to do. Currently, I still have all my staff and I need to figure out where to pay them from,” she explained.
Jane Mwangi, coordinator, Kenya Association of International Schools added that they were currently watching self-sufficient teachers losing their source of livelihood, as well as school owners, get into debilitating debt, which left them room for just one option, permanent closure.
Notably, there are areas in Kenya where there are 44 private schools to the one public school, and so when these schools close, about a million children may have to join public schools that already operate beyond capacity, thereby making social distancing a tough measure to implement.
There have been growing calls for the government to bail out these private institutions so as to protect the future of the millions of students enrolled there.

Watu wa pombe pia wanalilia…:oops:

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Or invest in public education like Rwanda did until parents saw no point of taking kids to private schools ( if this story is true )

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It depends with the owners of the private schools in Kenya. Surely the government should chip in to help in this matter because, some private schools are not managed effectively. The owners are just after the money from the parents who are already overwelmed. I know very well that corona is not a joke. It is very dangerous with the private schools that only depends on the money from the parents. The best thing to do is to reduce the number of private schools. This is because,some of the private schools are not able to meet the required standard of the covid 19. The private schools should be dismantled to reduce the spread of the virus, though some of them are very good.