All schools and higher learning institutions in Rwanda will be closed from Monday, March 16, 2020 following confirmation of the first COVID-19 (coronavirus) case in the country.
The Rwandan government will provide free transport for all students in boarding schools to be taken back home.
According to Rwandan news outlet, The Chronicles, the return of students back home began on Sunday in South Province where learners converged at a local stadium for medical screening as they boarded the buses.
#COVIDー19 UPDATE: In phased return home, all boarding school students in South Province schools are converging in local stadium, washing hands, temperatures taken and boarding buses paid for by Government. Other provinces will follow. All students MUST be home by Monday evening pic.twitter.com/SI0O3LcgrX
— The Chronicles (@ChroniclesRW) March 15, 2020
#COVIDー19 UPDATE: Rwanda Education Ministry is providing FREE TRANSPORT for all students from boarding schools as they return home this Sunday and Monday due to Government directive to close ALL schools pic.twitter.com/H210fEHwsC
— The Chronicles (@ChroniclesRW) March 15, 2020
