As one who has been engaged in imagining and pioneering such online examinations at a public university, the coverage coming on the day we were scheduled to commence those examinations were a reflection point.

For us at it Initially looked a daunting task, what with connectivity challenges, typing speeds, limited resources in public universities and the concerns of integrity over online examinations.

To have been part of moving from the challenges facing public universities as captured in the media coverage above to being able to ensure that students in a public university were able to have credible examinations online, several lessons emerged that should be useful for players in the sector.

A combination of man and machine is good for University education in Kenya as it will propel it to the next level.

That next level requires that Government reorients its policies to support and sustain the innovations that COVID-19 has brought to the higher education sector so that online teaching, online examination and online conduct of business becomes ingrained in our educational systems into the future.