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( compared with soap and water )

We therefore strongly feel that providing young children with access to water less hand sanitizers in primary schools and ECDs will substantially lower the risk of infections and thereby protect our teachers .

Furthermore , use of thermometerbased screening coupled with teacher training on the management of suspected cases may allow teachers to detect fever in children upon school entry and exclude ill children from entry .

These measures in our view will go a long way in ensuring the safety of teachers who are exposed to the unvaccinated age group of pupils . Additionally , teachers who are increasingly facing the daunting task of supporting students in covering lost ground require new skills and capacities . They are operating in a modified environment , ensuring

students recover by delivering an irregular syllabus .

Using our membership network as leverage , Kewota is prepared to partner with the Ministry of Education to promote school based psychosocial support to our teachers According to UNICEF assessments , many children and teachers continued to suffer symptoms of psychosocial stress , with symptoms including withdrawal , anxiousness , fear , denial and depression .

The UNICEF findings indicate that there was a serious need to develop the capacity of teachers and school staff to better support the psychosocial wellbeing of the children suffering from trauma and to deal constructively with problem behaviors arising from it . In addition , children were in need of services to help them overcome challenges and stress related to living in poverty With schools consolidated and reorganized the needs for

Recognizing that schools are both a place for learning and a place for children to overcome the psychosocial stress of emergencies , Kewota plans to mobilize a partnership-based platform to support training for teachers and principals to help them recognize signs of distress or impaired daily functioning among their students .

Benta Opande is the CEO , KEWOTA

Using our membership network as leverage , Kewota is prepared to partner with the Ministry of Education to promote school based psychosocial support to our teachers According to UNICEF assessments

EdSource Quarterly | Oct-Dec l 2021