Uganda’s pupils back to school after record 83-week Covid shutdown

Students will resume classes a year above where they left in March 2020, minister says

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Uganda ended the world's longest school closure on Monday, ordering millions of students back to the classroom nearly two years after learning was suspended because of the coronavirus pandemic.

Students poured through school gates that had been shut in March 2020 when Covid-19 swept the globe, greeting teachers and friends after 83 weeks outside the classroom.