The President working party on Educational Reforms released a preliminary report that recommended domiciling of junior secondary schools in our existing public and private primary schools. Junior secondary school learners are expected to report on 30th January 2023.
In order to establish the readiness of our primary schools to receive and admit grade 7 learners the Ministry of Education has scheduled a countrywide assessment of all public and private primary institutions between 9th and 20th January 2023.
The assessment will adopt a rapid results initiative involving Education, Teachers Service Commission Secretariat as well as National Government Administration Officers (NGAO) in the Regions, Counties, and Sub County levels.
REGISTRATION GUIDELINES CHECKLIST FOR PUBLIC AND PRIVATE JUNIOR SECONDARY SCHOOLS (JSS) 2023.
SECTION A: INTRODUCTION
The interim report of the Presidential Working Party on Education Reforms recommended domiciling of JSS in existing Primary Schools. Consequently, His Excellence the President of the Republic of Kenya directed the Ministry of Education (MoE) to develop guidelines to operationalize Junior Secondary Education.
Accordingly, the checklist attached will be used by a multi-agency team composed of officials from the MoE, Ministry of Interior, and Teachers’ Service Commission to assess the suitability of Primary Schools to admit JSS learners for the 2023 school year.
Instructions to County Directors of Education
The exercise is scheduled to run from 9TH – 20TH JANUARY, 2023.
A MULTI- AGENCY approach is envisaged in the assessment of the schools.
ALL decisions SHOULD be guided by the checklist and the school’s final percentage score on the Scoring Guide (Section D).
ALL the participating officers SHOULD sign the filled-in tool for ownership.
A detailed report SHOULD be prepared and submitted to the Director General- Education, by 23RD JANUARY, 2023. Among others, the report should indicate the:
Readiness of Primary Schools to admit JSS learners; and
Proposed JSS feeder schools, the distance, and capacity of the nearest Primary
NOTE:
In the context of the JSS transition, FEEDER SCHOOL refers to a Primary School that lacks the enrollment and/or infrastructural capacity to domicile a JSS. In such cases, the MoE will transfer the learners to a neighboring JSS or implement appropriate affirmative action to ensure 100 percent transition. Therefore, JSS Feeder Schools will be designated as follows:
- In high-density areas and urban informal settlements Primary Schools with an enrollment of fewer than 45 learners or those lacking the basic facilities to host a JSS will serve as Feeder Schools to other JSSs within a 2 kilometers proximity.
- In geographically expansive, low-density, and insecurity-prone areas, as well as for learners with special needs and disabilities, the Government through the MoE will implement affirmative action (as appropriate), regardless of enrollment.