Education Cabinet Secretary Ezekiel Machogu, on Monday, January 30, banned teachers in their respective schools from conducting morning and evening classes.
In a statement, the Cabinet Secretary denounced that teachers were overloading students leaving them with no time to rest.
“Classes should officially start at 8.00 AM and end exactly at 3.45 PM, students sometimes wake up at 4 AM in order to prepare for morning classes”, the CS said.
“You will meet students walking long distances and in the streets before dawn so that they can make time for remedial classes. We will not allow the situation to happen, and we will also take action on schools that take students home as late as 10.00 PM,” warned CS Machogu.
Further, Kenya Primary Heads Association (KEPSHA), asked the Ministry of Education to employ more teachers for the directive process to be more effective.
“There is an acute shortage of teachers in public primary schools, making it difficult to finish the syllabus in time. We humbly request the Ministry to train and employ more teachers so that it will be possible to adhere to the released school calendar,” said KEPSHA.
According to Kenya Primary Heads Association (KEPSHA), the teacher-pupil ratio in public schools is 1:50.
“We have seen that the government has released textbooks meant for teaching and if more teachers are employed, we will be able to finish teaching on time,” KEPSHA made a remark.
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Machogu, in mid-January 2023, warned principals against sending Junior Secondary School students home over fee arrears in their respective schools.
“Schools shall determine the uniform for their schools which includes additional unique features for the identification and branding of their institutions. The uniform shall be the responsibility of parents and no school shall direct parents where to purchase the uniform or exclude students for failure to afford a school uniform,” read in part the JSS guidelines.
The Junior Secondary Schools (JSS) exams, would also be formative and summative, offered in the form of School Based Assessments (SBA) National Assessments supervised by the Kenya National Examinations Council (KNEC).
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