Update 1:46 p.m.: Education Cabinet Secretary George Magoha has stated that Television, YouTube and Kenya Education Cloud will be employed to deliver school curriculum to learners at home starting Monday, March 23, 2020.
This is in line with a plan by the ministry to continue studies following the closure of all learning institutions occasioned by the Coronavirus disease (Covid-19) outbreak in the country.
On Wednesday, March 18, Health CS Mutahi Kagwe confirmed three more cases of Covid-19 in Kenya bringing the tally to 7.
Students are set to study from home following a meeting convened by the Ministry of Education on Tuesday, March 17.
Speaking to Kenyans.co.ke Education Chief Administration Secretary Zack Kinuthia stated that the ministry, in conjunction with the Kenya Institute of Curriculum Development (KICD) and KBC had established a mode to teach primary and secondary school students from home.
However, Standard Eight and Form Four students will be the first priority in the rollout.
"The programme is modelled to offer lessons to all primary and secondary school students, but we will initially start off with Class Eight and Form Four students," Kinuthia stated.
"A time table shall be issued on Friday, March 20, and the students will be taught through KBC English Service and Kiswahili Service as well," he added.
The CAS stated that the move was a way to facilitate learning despite the closure of all educational institutions.
Kinuthia informed that the radio lessons would enable the ministry to keep up with the academic calendar and ensure the students do not lag behind in terms of their syllabus.
Following President Uhuru Kenyatta's directive to close all schools, a number of learning institutions have since developed online modules to teach students from home.
Through eLearning, private institutions and universities in the country are able to conduct classes with students and tutors easily able to keep tabs.
However, a greater population of learners in the country are not able to access eLearning equipment.
Kinuthia informed that through radio, students and pupils from the country's rural and marginalised areas would equally access education at the comfort of their homes even as the country continues to combat Coronavirus.
Effective Monday, March 16, President Kenyatta asked that all students and pupils return to their homes to minimise exposure to Covid-19.
Schools, parents and players in the public service transport sector were further directed by the head of state to lias on how learners would be dropped off at specific points where they would be picked up.
President Kenyatta asked that a PSV vehicle carry students only, as a preventive measure to minimise their exposure to the deadly virus.
