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Students in Kenya

Students going home from school.

| File | Nation Media Group

How the ‘lost’ academic year changed lives of thousands

On this day one year ago — March 15, 2020 — all Kenyan schools shut their doors to learners and did not reopen until six months later.

A year after the Covid-19 pandemic hit the country, the education sector is still struggling to get back the “lost” academic year.