The Kenya Primary School Education Assessment (KPSEA) which ended last week on Wednesday will stay in primary schools based on the recommendations made by the task force to the president.
Finally, from January 2023, elementary school teachers will start working in Junior Secondary Schools (JSS), mainly in grades 7, 8 and 9.
The Teacher Service Commission (TSC) has been tasked with choosing which teachers are trained in secondary schools, according to members of the Presidential Party for Labor Reform (PWPER).
A degree is the minimum requirement set by the commission for teachers who want to teach in secondary schools.
Primary teachers qualified to teach grades 7, 8 and 9:
- Special education certificate and degree required
- Child Development Education Diploma and Degree
- Diploma and Diploma in Education (preliminary option)
- Certificate in Education (Secondary Option)
- A C+ in KCSE or C+ in a teaching course but with an educational qualification (secondary option).
The Ministry of Education and Culture led by Cs Ezekiel Machogu has announced that the placement of Grade 6 students in JSS will not be based on the results of the national exam recently completed by Competency Based Curriculum (CBC) students. Instead, assessment will be used to track student progress and provide input to other education stakeholders.
It will also reveal information about problem areas that need to be fixed.
This announcement extends to more than 1,287,597 candidates who sat for the KPSEA exam without knowing their fate.
On the same note, the government is expected to hire another 30,000 teachers in January, but the exact date is not known until the government decides. January 23, 2023 will start a new academic year at school.