
Kenya’s Decision to Cancel Its School Year Will Reverberate Across Africa
Editor’s Note: Every Friday, Andrew Green curates the top news and analysis from and about the African continent.
Bowing to the reality that they cannot prevent the spread of COVID-19 in classrooms full of students and teachers, Kenyan officials canceled the 2020 school year in July, at its midpoint. The implications of the decision will be felt not only domestically, where a nearly year-long break in learning could widen educational disparities, but also across the continent. ...