Fredrick Odiero
Primary schools heads from Kisumu County have discounted the notion that Junior Secondary School (JSS) programs have collapsed in many parts of the country.
Kisumu County Kenya Primary School Heads Association (KEPSHA) chairman, Mr. Elly Ondiek, said that the programme has picked up well in a number of learning institutions across the region.
Speaking in Kisumu, Ondiek said many primary schools have teachers who furthered their studies and have the ability to handle the junior sections.
Ondiek said it is a misnomer to claim that learning materials have not been availed in quite a number of schools.
The chairman who is the head teacher of Nyamasaria Primary School said that many learning institutions in the area have secured materials from the Kenya Institute of Curriculum Development (KICD).
Ondiek said many school heads and a number of teachers were inducted before the CBC curriculum was put in action.
He pointed out that the government piloted the CBC before it was rolled out to learning institutions.
Ondiek urged school heads to be creative and proactive as the new system takes shape.
“Merely complaining does not get things moving at the end of the day” he said.
Ondiek said those disparaging the new system are up to mischief since all tutors were inducted adding that they are handling the same students they were taking care of before.
A spot check indicated that the JSS had picked up in quite a number of learning institutions.
At MM Shah Primary School, the head teacher Mr. Michael Otieno said they received over 300 students and seven more teachers to handle them.
It was the same case at both Arya and Highway Primary Schools where the JSS system had picked up.
Mr. Nehemiah Wanjira, the head teacher at Arya Primary School, said things were well on course
At Central Primary School, the head teacher Mr. Elly Otieno said things were running smoothly at the institution as well.
