The Covid-19 pandemic has affected the state of University Education in the country necessitating the need for measures to be put in place to address the challenges brought about by the new norm.

After the Cabinet Secretary for Education Prof. George Magoha ordered for the closure of the University owing to the Covid 19 pandemic, the University of Nairobi closed for two weeks to plan on how to ensure continuity of learning after which staff and students were trained on how to move to remote/online teaching and learning.

The current state of teaching and learning at the University as far as the Covid 19 pandemic is concerned is good, and great strides have been made with more postgraduate and undergraduate students coming on board and embracing the new norm.

The online teaching and learning has had its own share of challenges in terms of access, accessibility and ease of learning. Being a new innovation different from the usual norm, there have been early innovators, early adapters, late adapters and the laggards at the end.  The University listened to all issues raised by both staff and students and addressed them in the planning of the online lectures.

Some of the measure the University took to address the challenges raised on online teaching and learning include providing data bundles for both lecturers and students, training lecturers and students on the new mode of learning, training to non-teaching staff on platforms to use and work online. To a large extent, there is successful business continuity in the university operations.

The Corona pandemic brings about the need to infuse ICT in teacher training online platforms more strongly. Covid-19 has clearly brought an awakening for the Country and University that there is need to invest in technology and increase access to data and internet and make it cheaper for the students to access teaching and learning. He thanked the government for the Google loon and Telkom partnership to increase access to internet. The 4^th industrial revolution is here with us and access to affordable internet and data is vital to realize these technological advancements.