Parents Difficulty in Taking Junior Secondary Students to Former Schools
According to the opinions of some parents, the directive to keep Grade 7 students in primary schools may have harmed the 11- to 13-year-olds.
A random survey conducted by The Star has revealed that some of them do not wish to return to their former elementary schools.
The instruction to retain them was provided after the students had completed the summative examination.
For boarding institutions, some students departed with all of their stuff.
Some parents say their children do not want to return to the same school; some even tear up and beg for another school.
Parents must now dig deep into their pockets to transport children to new schools as it is assumed that dismissing children’s fears would only result in additional harm.
However, parents requested the government not treat our seventh-grade students as guinea pigs, as they are the ones suffering from all these changes.
Some criticized the government’s modifications to the curriculum.
Students in seventh grade who attend primary schools that cannot accommodate junior high will be transferred.
According to the Ministry of Education, a type of JSS feeder school will exist.
According to the registration criteria checklist obtained by the Teachers Updates, comprehensive reports are due by January 23.
In such cases, the students will be relocated to a nearby JSS school.
Alternately, affirmative action will be employed to ensure a 100% transition from senior primary to junior secondary.
In high-populated areas and urban informal settlements, primary schools with fewer than 45 students or those lacking the essential facilities to host junior secondary schools will act as feeder schools for other junior secondary schools within two kilometers.
There would be affirmative action in expansive, low-density, and insecure areas, according to the ministry.
Parents Difficulty in Taking Junior Secondary Students to Former Schools