KNEC Services to be Decentralized to Counties
Education stakeholders have advocated for the decentralization of the Kenya National Examination Council (KNEC) services to the counties.
The stakeholders say this will ensure effective monitoring of Competency-Based Assessment (CBA) and teacher capacity development in assessment-related matters.
To avoid future education crises, the task force urged the government to prioritize investments in foundational learning.
The committee chaired by Raphael Munavu advised, “Basic literacy, numeracy, and transferable skills such as social and emotional skills are essential building blocks for acquiring higher order skills.”
In addition, In addition, it requested that the Ministry of Education eliminate the categorization of public secondary schools as National, Extra-county, County, and Sub-county and replace it with a classification based on career pathways for Senior schools.
Further, the Parliament was urged to enact the proposed Tertiary Education Placement and Funding Bill to merge the Higher Education Loans Board (HELB), the Universities Funding Board (UFB), and the Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) Fund in order to improve the efficiency of student loans.
The stakeholders also recommend community service for students transitioning from high school to universities and TVET institutions, as well as for those graduating from colleges and universities.
KNEC Services to be Decentralized to Counties