MoE Establishes Strict Regulations for Transferring Students

MoE Establishes Strict Regulations for Transferring Students

MoE Establishes Strict Regulations for Transferring Students. The government’s ban on secondary school transfers is a major setback for parents and kids who want to change schools.

As a result, parents will now have to hold off on changing their secondary-aged children to another public school until the conclusion of the academic year.

Paul Kibet, director of secondary education, asserted that when a student transfers in the middle of the academic year, it is difficult for administrators to determine the complete amount of school fees owed.

According to him, some parents who transfer their children to new schools in the middle of the academic year demand their school fees reimbursed.

Mr. Kibet urged the principals to follow the directive while speaking at the Sheikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Hall in Mombasa during the Kenya Secondary School Heads Association (KESSHA) conference.

Transfer letters are still available, despite it being Term 2. Despite the requirement that the transfer of learners be finished at the end of the academic year, if you are still signing, kindly cease. He advised parents to hold off on enrolling their kids in your school until the end of the current academic year.

The judgment, according to principals, will affect parents who decide to move their entire family as a result of being transferred to a new area.

Parents may decide to relocate their children for a variety of reasons, including job loss, uncertainty, high school expenditures, and separation or divorce. A child cannot be made to stay in a hostile environment against their will.

“A parent may not be able to keep a child in a specific school; that youngster should be allowed to transfer,” said the principal of a national school in Nairobi.

Later, Mr. Kibet claimed that the rule was included in the transfer and admission form and had been in effect for some time.

“Confirm the information on that long-used form. “Refer to step 6,” he continued, “this is not a unique idea.

The order stipulates that “no transfer shall be carried out in the middle of the year, except those under special circumstances.”

Transfers between public schools must be approved and signed by the sub-county director of education, the county director of education, and the director of secondary education or special programs.

Amounts for capitation are given to schools by the Ministry of Education depending on the principals’ reports of enrolment.

“When approaching it, use a human face. We need to understand something. AIC Kibomet Secondary School’s Gilbert Wamalwa proposed that the government provide a window for extraordinary circumstances that would permit a child to move within the year.

Senende Boys High School’s Tom Shavisa, the chief principal, stated that transfers should only be allowed in exceptional cases, such as when parents have moved far from a school or when a pupil is needing specialized care.

“This is an urgent issue. The parent school would typically not permit it because sometimes such students either have not met the resources for the year when they transfer; the school loses, according to Dr. Shavisa. When you move a child in the middle of the school year, you need to move resources that come from the parent or the government.

MoE Establishes Strict Regulations for Transferring Students

Mr. Kibet claimed that parents have been complaining that deputy principals are ejecting their children when it comes to the supervision of student behavior.

“Deputy principals are not permitted to expel a student from school. A student may only be suspended by the principal, and it is not permanent. The 2015 Education Regulations outline a procedure for handling disciplinary problems involving students. He said, “Please make sure you follow the law.

He also advised the principals against enforcing discipline guidelines without first receiving permission from the management boards.

BoMs must create rules, but not before engaging the public in the process. We found a teacher advising a student, “Surely, you should go with three rolls of barbed wire!” said Mr. Kibet.