Education stakeholders want Junior secondary school to remain in primary
The Mt Kenya Times 
Kisii county Kenya secondary school Heads Association chairperson, Joyce Orioki during the presentation at Kisii University photo credit/Elizabeth Angira
By Elizabeth Angira
Worth Noting:
- “Education reform is inevitable. It will help the society’s needs. I urge the government to employ more teachers and ease the burden of parents” Orioki told the Task Force.
- Gucha Knut Executive Secretary, Lucy Machuki implored the government to train teachers, equip the schools and increase their salaries to motivate them.
- She appealed to the task Force to give more time to parents, primary school pupils and teachers to give views since they are the ones to ensure that the Curriculum is enhanced.
- Former Director of education, Patrick Nyagosia appealed to the government to generate adequate revenue to fund CBC to succeed.
Education stakeholders in Kisii county want Junior Secondary school (JSS) learners to remain in primary schools to avoid overstretching facilities in secondary schools .
The stakeholders suggested that they should reduce the content for learners because it is too wide for them to cover within a short period of time
Kisii county Kenya secondary school Heads Association chairperson, Joyce Orioki said they will occupy empty classes in primary schools left by class seven and eight.
Prof. Collins Odote, the official, supported the Competence Based Curriculum and urged the government to prepare well for it to succeed.
“Education reform is inevitable. It will help the society’s needs. I urge the government to employ more teachers and ease the burden of parents” Orioki told the Task Force.
Gucha Knut Executive Secretary, Lucy Machuki implored the government to train teachers, equip the schools and increase their salaries to motivate them.
She appealed to the task Force to give more time to parents, primary school pupils and teachers to give views since they are the ones to ensure that the Curriculum is enhanced.
Former Director of education, Patrick Nyagosia appealed to the government to generate adequate revenue to fund CBC to succeed.
“The government has a policy of 100 percent transition. It will be necessary to build adequate classrooms to cope with the high enrolment in secondary schools” Nyagosia noted.
Kisii County private schools Association chairman, Mogendi Abuya urged the government to appoint an independent body to assess learners based on their talents and competencies.
He said the current system where teachers grade learners as ‘exceeding expectations was fooling pupils and learners.
He further said that they need a body like the Kenya National Examination Council to assess the learners and grade them objectively.
Mr Mogendi said the managers of Private schools have embraced CBC.
He also said that schools are not prepared to receive CBC junior high school in secondary schools due to inadequate training ,lack of enough infrastructure and insufficient resources in schools.
Anglican Church of Kenya Kisii Diocese Bishop John Omangi, suggested that new school uniform be introduced to CBC pupils, who will be graduating to Junior secondary school to distinct them from the rest.
However, he said that students transitioning to junior high school were too young to adjust to the to the high school environment away from their parents which would affect their psychosocial status.
The stakeholders were presenting views at Kisii University during a presidential working party on education.
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