Education Cabinet Secretary Ezekiel Machogu has said all the necessary arrangements have been put in place to ensure that all learners join Grade 7. These include:
- His Excellency President William Ruto has directed that the National Treasury set aside Ksh15,000 per learner as capitation to facilitate free learning in all public schools. In total, the Government will spend 6 Billion for the learners in Junior
- Secondary School this calendar year. It therefore means that no school should charge any fees for Grade 7 learners unless such schools have boarding wings.
- Prohibition of public schools from charging any admission fee for any Grade Seven learner due to the 100 per cent transition policy in the same school where the learners were enrolled in Grade
- The Teachers Service Commission is recruiting 30,000 new teachers, the majority of whom will be attending to learners in the Junior Secondary School level.
- Although learners will join Grade Seven in the schools where they were enrolled in Grade Six, there is need to distinguish the Junior Secondary School As a result, a decision has been made that parents and Boards of Management agree on the new uniforms for Junior Secondary School learners.
- Schools are expected to have elaborate admission processes in place for Junior Secondary School learners through NEMIS. An admission register must be in place with proper induction and orientation programme.
The Ministry of Education is awaiting the recommendations of the Presidential Working Party on Education Reforms regarding the curriculum for the CBC to inform any needed changes in the content of all levels of learning.
As a result, we will be issuing more guidelines on the Junior Secondary Education level from time to time.
