There will be radical changes in school co-curricular activities come next year if proposals from the Ministry of Education (MoE) are adopted.
A section of MoE directors yesterday had a plenary session and the secondary school principals in the on-going 47th Kenya Secondary Schools Heads Association (KESSHA) Conference and Exhibition which is being held at Sheikh Zayed Hall in Mombasa.
Among the proposals they fronted is an Olympic style of competitions instead of having termly games, where all activities are cramped together in a Term One extravaganza in one place, then the second term will have only creative and performing arts.
Consequently, instead of having the secondary, primary and Junior Secondary School (JSS) categories, since Kenya is a member of the International Schools Federation, the MoE is proposing to go for the age-base competitions stratified as Under 12, Under 15 and Under 18.
Instead of having regional games, the counties will move directly to the national championships. This means that there will be no regional games from next year.
Also, there will be a change in leadership if the proposals will be effected. For instance, instead of having Kenya Secondary School Sports Association (KSSSA), there will only be one body running the activities across board to be called the Kenya Schools Sports Association (KSSA).
However, these proposed changes will be subject to public participation before being effected.
By Roy Hezron
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