FILE - In this April 18, 2020, file photo, a boy wearing a face mask carries a small bowl of "githeri", or mixed beans and maize, for him to eat as he walks past a mural warning people about the risk of the coronavirus, painted by graffiti artists from the Mathare Roots youth group, in the Mathare slum, of Nairobi, Kenya. The options for African students eager to keep studying while schools remain closed because of the coronavirus pandemic seems varied, but the reality for many is that they will fall behind and possibly drop out of school forever, worsening inequality on an already unequal continent. (AP Photo/Brian Inganga, File)