The Principal Secretary, Department of Elementary Education and Basic Education of the State, Dr Julius Jawan has assured that the government is on track to ensure a smooth transition to the new curriculum to increase the capacity of secondary school in the country.
PS said that the government has set up a lot of infrastructure for the students who have completed secondary education to continue their education at the tertiary level.
“Higher education has diversified in that it has given students a platform to join technical institutes and national polytechnics if they do not qualify for universities,” he said.
Then Jawan explained to the students planning to enroll in TTI that they will automatically receive Rs 30,000 as government capitation from HELB, the Higher Education Loan Board to help pay for their studies and will have access to Rs 30,000 .
This is to ensure that students are not stranded after completing Form Four due to paucity of funds.
PS was speaking after officially launching a competency-based curriculum (CBC) class at Waso Secondary School in Isiolo County.
He assured the presence of all school heads that the target of 10,000 classes would be achieved by June.
“This is the new education system in Kenya which is set to replace the present 8-4-4 education set-up. The system was introduced in 2017 by Kenya Institute of Curriculum Development (KICD) after a long research and development It was,” explained the young man.
Construction of CBC classrooms is currently underway in secondary schools across the country, with the goal of supporting a 100% transition policy and accommodating more students by 2023, when the 2022 CBC grade six (6) candidates are in junior secondary school. will infection.
PS commended Isiolo County Commissioner Geoffrey Omoding, who chairs the multi-sectoral team on project monitoring and development, for ensuring that construction is completed on time.
