The Education Cabinet Secretary Prof. George Magoha will today release guidelines on the criteria of transiting learners from Grade Six to Junior Secondary School.
These guidelines, according to Cs Magoha, will let students select a registered secondary school of their choice, whether it is public or private.
Cs. Noted that due to concerns over school fees, if a student decided to enroll in a private school, they should do so after consulting with their parents and teachers.
As per to the CS, the government has built enough CBC classrooms in recent months to hold all of the learners enrolled in Grade 7.
“Incase one chooses to join a private school, then he or she should do so in consultation with their teachers and parents in case of school fees issues,” he said.
While Speaking during the opening of CBC classes at Chania Girls High School in Thika town, Magoha said learners in private primary school that have been registered as junior secondary might be retained in the same school for Grade 7_Grade 9 to save the government, parents and the learners the pressures of transitioning.
However, professor also noted that the learners would have to reapply afresh for admissions to senior secondary schools once they are through with Grade 9.
He said selection criteria for senior secondary would depend on the performance in the Grade 9 final exam.
“There shall be no learner will be guaranteed to remain in the same school when transitioning to senior secondary. Once results for Grade 9 exam come, you apply like the other students. Placements will be determined by performance. This means you might get enrolled at Kenya High for Junior Secondary but be placed at Moi High School in Eldoret for the Senior Secondary,” he said.
On the issue to do with the completion of CBC classrooms, the CS stated that over 7,000 classes had already been delivered and that efforts were being made to provide the final classes before his tenure ends.
To boost capacity before the transition to junior secondary school in January of next year, the CS recently initiated Phase 11 of the project, which aims to add 3,503 classrooms to the 6,497 that were built in Phase 1.
