Last week Education CS George Magoha warned private schools against recalling Grade 4 learners as schools reopen for third term this week. Implicit in the attempts by some private schools to recall Grade 4 learners alongside other learners are clear legal, educational and moral questions that stakeholders in education have been invited to think about. The Ministry of Education has accordingly prescribed a curriculum, together with stipulated time, which we know as the school calendar for this purpose. The ministry has set out what it terms school hours—the number of hours during weekdays—when learners are actually supposed to be in school. Class hours, or instructional time, is the time learners are participating in learning activities of the curriculum in the classroom.

Source: The Star May 10, 2021 00:56 UTC