Kiambu leaders are pushing for the expansion of bursary fund coverage to accommodate junior secondary school learners. They are calling for the amendment of the National Government constituency development fund (NG-CDF) and county bursary Acts. On Tuesday, Kiambu Senator Karungo wa Thangwa Kiambu county said in recent years, Kenya has made significant progress in the […]
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Education Cabinet Secretary Ezekiel Machogu has issued Junior Secondary Education (JSE) guidelines even as students are yet to commence classes, three days after admission. In a statement, Machogu said the guidelines will provide information that is necessary for the effective implementation of JSS across the country. “This guideline will serve as a reference document for […]
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Grade Seven learners, who began their junior secondary education this week, are studying more subjects and will be assessed differently compared to their 8-4-4 counterparts in Standard Seven. The 1.2 million students in Junior Secondary School (JSS) are studying 12 core subjects and two optional subjects, unlike the five for the Standard Seven pupils. The […]
Read MoreParents with learners joining Grade 7 have expressed mixed feelings ahead of official opening on Monday. This follows the directive to have the learners retained in primary school and not proceed to secondary school. The directive to retain Grade 7 learners in primary schools might have hurt some of the pupils who are between 11 and […]
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The government has unveiled the distribution of Junior Secondary school textbooks as learners prepare to report next week Monday. The distribution that will cost the government over Ksh3 billion comes after the assessment of primary schools to gage their readiness to host JSS learners. Speaking during the launch, Education Cabinet Secretary Ezekiel Machogu said the […]
Read MoreEducation CS Ezekiel Machogu has said Grade 7 learners will each contribute Sh4,000 for the building of laboratories. Machogu spoke on Friday during the release of the 2022 KCSE exam at the Kenya National Examinations Council office in Nairobi. The CS further said the government had promised a Sh9.6 billion capitation grant to Grade 7 […]
Read MorePrimary schools that will host junior secondary will benefit from a Sh9.6 billion cash injection when the pioneer competency-based curriculum (CBC) class transitions to Grade 7 at the end of this month. Education Cabinet Secretary Ezekiel Machogu outlined the roadmap for the transition, which will see the 1,253,577 learners who sat the inaugural Kenya Primary […]
Read MoreAll Grade 6 learners who completed their Kenya Primary School Education Assessment (KPSEA) last week on Wednesday will transition to Junior secondary schools (JSS) domiciled in the existing primary schools. Further, the just concluded national exam will not be used for placement to JSS but rather will be “used as an assessment to monitor learning […]
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The Teachers commission has said it will prioritise recruitment of Junior Secondary teachers in the January mass recruitment. The presidential working party on education reforms had in their preliminary report directed the recruitment of 30,000 new teachers for the Junior Secondary is expected to begin in January. TSC chief executive officer Nancy Macharia said they […]
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