Junior High School Rollout Plans In Top Gear As Magoha castigates Private Schools Over CBC classrooms.
Education CS Prof. Magoha has requested that private schools expedite the construction of junior secondary school classrooms in order to align with the implementation of the Competency-Based Curriculum (CBC).
Prof Magoha said yesterday at Ituuru Boys High School in Gatundu South that while many private schools were lagging in the construction of additional classrooms, plans to fully implement the CBC program were in full swing.
“I urge private schools to get serious and invest in junior secondary schools. I am not seeing much construction and they only need to construct one extra classroom because they already have two,” said the CS.
Prof Magoha stated in February that the government would approve proposals from private schools seeking to establish junior secondary schools.
The CS, who visited six secondary schools in Gatundu South, mentioned Nairobi, Mombasa, Kisumu, Nakuru, and Eldoret as cities with a high concentration of private schools.
At the same time, Prof Magoha stated that teachers in Grades 7 and 8 will be the first to receive CBC training.
“So as to move forward towards 2023, we need to have enough teachers on the ground and it will be a continuous process with training scheduled for August and December,” the CS told journalists.
Prof Magoha stated that 5,000 junior secondary school classrooms had been built across the country, with Northern Kenya having completed 100% of the classrooms.
Nyanza is at 97% completion, with the CS optimistic that work will be completed by the end of this week.
“We are approaching 90 per cent of the classrooms being completed in the country. We were slowed down by the examination process and now that the exams are completed, we want to marshal everybody so that we deliver the 6,497 classrooms before the end of this month in time for us to start phase two of the junior secondary classrooms by July,” noted Prof Magoha.
He stated that the ministry’s goal is to complete 10,000 classrooms by the end of July, in accordance with President Uhuru Kenyatta’s directive.
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“Whoever takes over the government after elections is also expected to construct another 10,000 classrooms which will be the balance,” added Prof Magoha.
He stated that KCSE exam marking was still in progress and that the results would most likely be available before schools reopened later this month.
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Junior High School Rollout Plans In Top Gear As Magoha castigates Private Schools Over CBC classrooms
