The impact of COVID-19 on the educational sector in eastern DRC

Patrick Milabyo Kyamusugulwa is Director General of the Bukavu University Medical College, where he leads an institution of 4000 students and 180 staff. In this post he reflects critically on the variable impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the DRC’s education system, the challenges his institution faced in response to government measures, and how these implications are further reflections of the country’s wider structural concerns.