Government directs students in boarding schools to remain in schools

Government has directed that all students in boarding schools should remain in schools till they have been assessed by health authorities.

The directive comes after reports indicated that many students in boarding schools returned home following the closure of schools.

According to a statement cosigned by principle secretaries for Ministries of Health and Education, government has requested all school Head Teachers retain their students till the screening and monitoring exercise is done.

“It is important to keep the students in school in order to avoid spreading the infection in the communities especially those that are at risk of serious disease if infected,” reads statement

Government has therefore advised students who went home to return to school so that the process of monitoring and breaking the transmission among the students can start before schools are declared open.

Government has also requested the school authorities to allocate hostels for those testing positive separately to those that test negative.