The Ministry of Education has started countrywide inspection of institutions that will host junior secondary schools.
The inspection is meant to determine the level of preparedness of the junior secondary schools after the Education Working Committee recommended that JSS be domiciled at primary schools.
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Moreover, the ministry of education came up with a criterion of selecting the schools that will host junior secondary.
The countrywide inspection exercise started on Monday, January 9 at county level.
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Likewise, more than 34,500 pupils are set to transition from grade six to grade seven in their former primary schools once schools reopen on January 23, 2023.
Among them are 12,592 from public schools and 22,000 from private schools.
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Furthermore, the stakeholders are expected to inspect the qualification of teachers, school enrollment and the facilities available before approving any institution to admit students in grade seven.
While addressing the press on Tuesday, January 10 in Mombasa, County Director of Education Peter Magiri said that a committee comprising of different education stakeholders among them Teacher Service Commission (TSC), Directors of Education and National Government Administration Officers (NGAO) are moving within schools to check the infrastructure, conduct teachers’ headcount, and ascertain their qualification.
Magiri further stated that there is an assessment tool that has been issued by the Cabinet Secretary for Education through the Department of Quality Assurance.
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The officers visiting the institutions countrywide will use the assessment tool to check all the set parameters.
The County Director of Education further that they will also consider the number of teachers and their qualifications that are relevant to the profession.
“In junior secondary schools, we are looking at the content and not just the placement. This one is a separate entity in the school and all these details will be captured before schools reopen as we make our report,” Magiri added.
Likewise, Magiri reported that they will be keen on private schools, especially on the teaching staff as unqualified teachers will not be approved.
Furthermore, he urged parents to desist from being lured by con artists into buying school uniforms of any learning institution until they get a clear communication from the government about placement of their children.
