By
Jaramogi Oging', Nairobi KENYA
Hundreds of millions of students worldwide are under COVID-19 lockdown in
their respective families and in several countries, it is not clear when a
conducive environment will allow schools to reopen.
Ahead of
that new normal, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural
Organization (UNESCO) proposes that to reopen, governments should improve
quality of education and a comprehensive support for health and
nutritional programs.
They should also improve psychosocial support and make an adjustment on
sanitation and hygiene facilities.
UNESCO is aware of the context where most schools would open, where some may
start when COVID-19 is still a threat to some extent.
Schools should ensure safety and fight of COVID -19 by involving children
in washing hands properly, protocols on social distancing, and other best
hygiene best practices.
Beyond that, teachers are required to teach students the prevention and
transmission of the virus(COVID-19) and provision of essential school-based
services including health care and school feeding.
UNESCO says governments should assess the benefits of classrooms based
instructions compared to the remote learning and the risk related factors to
reopening of schools, noting the evidence around the infection risks related to
school attendance.
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