Magoha’s Directive to Principals as Schools Reopen

Magoha’s Directive to Principals as Schools Reopen

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George Magoha, the cabinet secretary for education, begged school administrators on Thursday, August 18, not to send students home early due to financial hardship.

The CS was addressing at Mary Leakey Girls High School in Kiambu County during the commissioning of two Competency Based Curriculum (CBC) classrooms.

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1.27 million candidates have enrolled to take the Grade Six exam, which will be given between November 28 and 30, as part of the new curriculum that will allow them to enroll in junior secondary schools.

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The CS made it clear that beginning in January 2023, day students will make up the majority of junior secondary students. “Saying that I want my child to attend a national school at this time is not appropriate. That can wait till the ninth year. In the junior high schools, the majority of the students will be day scholars.”

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“I beg school heads not to send children home for tuition during these economic times because we are in very terrible times,” Magoha said.

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After a two-week break brought on by the elections on August 9, schools resumed operations today. According to the Ministry of Education’s updated calendar, the second half of the term should last through September 16.

After the government altered the school calendar, parents all around the nation were compelled to dig deeper into their wallets to pay school fees with shorter terms.

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The second phase of CBC classrooms are at 80 percent nationwide, but Kiambu County is at 94 percent, according to the outgoing CS, who was on an inspection trip of the county.

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We are on track to finish what we are doing, and we hope to deliver 3500 classrooms next week, according to Magoha. “By the end of next week, Kiambu will hit 100 percent, and there are many other counties like Marsabit and Mandera that have hit 100 percent including Nyeri,” he said.

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In a previous inspection and commissioning of additional classrooms at Uthiru Girls High School in Kiambu County, Magoha gave parents the assurance that students would continue to attend classes in the event that the Kenyans held a second election.