By John Oroni
Parents of Grade six pupils in Trans Nzoia County have expressed concern that the government seems to have failed to put in place prior preparations in readiness for the Competency Based Curriculum in terms of infrastructural development.
The parents asked the government to allow primary schools with good infrastructure to admit junior secondary school learners instead of subjecting them to the inconveniences of travelling far.
“We don’t want the government to use our children as experimental specimen since CBC transition seems to be having a lot of teething challenges,” said Mr. Samson Some.
A spot check by Education News revealed that at Kitale School, learners are currently selecting the junior secondary schools they will join after their national exams.
Mrs. Nancy Khaoya pointed out that the school has enough facilities to accommodate learners in junior secondary school section.
The Grade Six exam will be administered between November 28 and 30, with 1.27 million candidates registered to sit the pioneer exam under the new curriculum.
The Kenya National Examinations Council opened the portal for the selection of schools for a period of two weeks. The council also released a list of schools to guide learners’ selection process.
Parents who want to enroll their children in private schools have 369,948 slots to pick from.
According to a list sent to school heads, Nairobi County has the highest number of approved private schools (142)followed by Kiambu County with 114 schools.
The list gives the number of classes in each school together with the classroom capacity, the number of students.
