The Ministry of Education has stated that it is experiencing abnormalities as it prepares to launch the first Grade 9 cohort.
Belio Kipsang’, Education Principal Secretary (PS), indicated on Monday that there are fewer classrooms to accommodate the learners and that it will have to adapt to “ensure that we don’t disrupt learning”.
Kipsang stated that some classrooms will be packed for 30 days until the Ministry constructs more.
“In some situations where the congestion will not allow we can have a multi-shift within the time where when there is a class doing outdoor activity then another group can be optimizing the classroom,” he noted.
He stated that the Ministry intends to spend Ksh.16 billion to finish building the classrooms.
According to Kipsang’, 13,500 of the needed 16,000 lessons have already been completed.
The Ministry is building 11,000 classrooms, with the remaining funded by the NG-County Development Fund (CDF).
According to Kipsang, the ministry has built 10,500 classrooms, while NG-CDF has built 3,000.
Furthermore, 9.9 million books have been handed to the various primary schools that house Grade 9 classes.
Similarly, the Teacher’s Service Commission (TSC) has posted 46,000 interns and another 20,000 teachers.
Kipsang, on the other hand, believes that the number of teachers is still insufficient and that more should be hired to match the number of students.
This comes as the country is making progress in implementing the Competency Based Curriculum (CBC) in the Junior Secondary School (JSS) rollout.
Poor capitation, unpreparedness, and unexpected alterations to subject clusters have recently plagued CBC.
There have been recurrent concerns that the government is not entirely equipped to accommodate Grade 9 students in 2025, citing a lack of facilities and staff.
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