Despite COVID -19, Several African countries have started reopening Schools to continue the academic calendar and conduct Examination for final year students.
Countries like Ghana, Niger, Cameroon, Burkina Faso, and Tanzania, have started gradual reopening of schools.
Universities and high schools reopened in Tanzania Monday, despite very little information on the exact figures for the spread of the coronavirus in the country.
On the campus of the University of Dar es Salaam, new hand-washing stations have been installed.
More than two months after suspension of classes due to the coronavirus in Cameroon, primary and secondary school students returned to school on Monday.
The government is facing criticism for weak measures to combat the spread of the virus in one of the most affected countries in sub-Saharan Africa.
Primary school pupils were back to school on Monday, June 1 in Niger, while Kindergartens remain closed.
The schools had been closed since March 20 with the first coronavirus cases in the country.
In Ghana, Burkina Faso, and Tanzania, classes are resuming only for students in the final year of secondary education and for university students.
The school calendar has been interrupted for two months now to limit the risk of the virus spreading in the country.
The Pandemic arrived in Africa on 14 February 2020 with Confirmed cases of 155,261 as of 1st June 2020.
Active cases are 85,752 under the period and Recovery cases are 65,148 while Deaths count is
4,361.
Source: Mybrytfmonline/Kofi Atakora
