This will make it hard to implement a system of managing students, teachers and workers for those who stay out of school with their families and who may be a potential link to community based transmission patterns.
The options of wearing masks the whole day in school by students, teachers, and other support staff is uncomfortable and based on the emerging evidence that these cut oxygen supply to the lungs and brain; might negatively impact academic productivity.
Students, teachers and school workers living with disability will need more sophisticated care during this period.
Other challenges will be within school transport systems as most day students rely on mass transport systems including public transportation (buses, matatus, motorcycles, bicycles).
It is therefore a real challenge how the school organisation and system will support the students and their families, consistently counseling teachers, workers and students who are directly or indirectly affected by the virus.
