Change the election date to avoid disruption of school calendar

If schools reopen today (Thursday) as planned, two weeks of the rather tight academic year will be gone. The second and third term dates will have to be changed. Owing to the work I do supporting some secondary and primary schools, I keep close to some teachers and school managers.

Listening to them, the disruptions occasioned by the recent elections have been unprecedented. They’ve impacted learning and assessments in schools quite negatively. The uncertainty around the dates on which schools would close and reopen after polls didn’t help public perceptions on Education Cabinet Secretary George Magoha.