The Cabinet Secretary for Education Prof George Magoha has revealed that the government is planning to upgrade select primary schools to secondary level in a bid to ensure implementation of the CBC is a success.
With schools set to experience a double intake in the next one and half years, principals have been rightfully concerned that the government has not set aside enough funds to add or improve existing infrastructure in schools in preparation for the Competency-Based Curriculum (CBC).
At the same time, Principals also claimed that the 100 percent transition could lead to a crisis in schools.
However, Cabinet Secretary for Education Prof George Magoha said that there is no need to panic as the government already has plans in place on how the Competency-Based Curriculum is going to be implemented in the Junior Secondary Schools.
According to CS Magoha, selected primary schools will undergo upgrading to become secondary schools. This will mean that some of the children will remain in the same primary schools they are currently attending. For them, there will be no change of environment when the time to transition comes along in the year 2023.
These children from upgraded schools will enroll for junior secondary school education in the same primary school for a period of three years and then proceed to senior secondary schools for another three years.
CS Magoha made it clear that the CBC is intended to put an emphasis on the development of skills and knowledge.
Besides, Prof Magoha revealed that the government has set up plans to ensure that there will be no failure in the implementation of the Competency-Based Curriculum (CBC).