Colleges and colleges have reopened after more than seven months of closure due to the coronavirus crisis. The Rwandan government has opted for a gradual return to school. About half of the students resumed on Monday, November 2, the others will have to wait until November 23.
as reported from Kigali, Laure broulard
At Notre-Dame de Citeaux high school in Kigali, residents are torn between excitement and worry. In the hallways, it’s time for reunions and revisions.
Kendra Tesi, 17, put on her midnight blue uniform for the first time in seven months: “We are really happy, I just have to remind my friends to wear their masks and respect the distances, but we are really happy. being together is cool. ”
However, she regrets the delay in her studies: “I had to take my baccalaureate this year. I would like to end at 17, but now I quit next year due to coronavirus. ”
“A little nervous“
The program resumes at the beginning of the second trimester, while the month of November usually corresponds to the end of the third. The first weeks will be spent reviewing and assessing past learning, enough to make the young Melissa nervous.
“Honestly, I feel a little nervous, because it is not easy to get back to school after seven months of vacation. This morning we reviewed what we were studying before going into quarantine; it comes back little by little and everything. “
Mandatory mask wearing
For Thaddée Ndangamira, professor of physics, everything is back to normal or almost: “Everything is normal except the mask and the fact that the number of children per. Class is halved. When I talk to the mask, the students ask me to repeat it. When they answer me, I do not quite understand. So the sound does not come out with the mask. “
Currently, the recovery only concerns students from the fourth year of primary school in the Rwandan system. The little ones still have to wait. The government has not yet announced the date of their return to school.
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