The Kenya National Union of Teachers (KNUT) secretary-general Wilson Sossion on Monday, May 18 argued that students would rather repeat classes rather than suffer death due to the prposed early reopening of schools.
Speaking to the media, Sossion noted that the early reopening of schools would lead to a spike in Covid-19 cases in the country.
"Our health experts have indicated that if we reopen schools with the situation the way it is in June, then by August we might have 30,000 deaths in the republic, the virus will spike.
"The priority of this country should not be about reopening of schools so that the virus can spike, we would rather have all the children in the republic repeating a class rather than opening a window for deaths," noted Sossion.
There has been a lot of hullabaloo surrounding the reopening of schools in the country which were closed indefinitely after the Coronavirus pandemic.
Parents and students are waiting anxiously on a decision regarding the opening of schools in the country with over two months of learning consumed already.
Sossion blasted the Ministry of Education Cabinet Secretary George Magoha, accusing him of incompetency and called for his ousting.
"It is not going to be an easy thing and that is why we need the right minister now as the head of education.
"As long as we have Magoha who excludes critical institutions, then education in this country is headed to the dogs," asserted Sossion.
He demanded the inclusion of unions, the civil society and the Council of Governors in the Covid-19 Education Response Committee.
Sossion also demanded the inclusion of the union in the Curriculum Review Taskforce overseeing the Competency-Based Curriculum, popularly known as CBC.
The public has been handed until Friday, May 22, to submit their recommendations to a taskforce on re-opening of schools following the coronavirus pandemic.
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