The Kenyan government has pledged to disburse capitation to schools promptly under a new student-centered funding model to prevent learning disruptions. Despite this, school principals are warning about potential overcrowding as the country prepares for the Grade 10 transition. Mbunge Stephen Mule has urged the government to address confusion surrounding Grade 10. Simultaneously, parents are being asked to embrace their children's subject choices under the Competency-Based Curriculum (CBE). However, students are facing financial challenges, with three students in Bungoma forced to repeat Grade 9 after being unable to pay fees for Grade 10. In a similar case in Nandi, a student arrived at school with nothing due to a lack of fees.
The Kenyan government has pledged to disburse capitation to schools promptly before reopening to prevent learning disruptions and ensure equitable education under a new student-centered funding model.
Three students in Bungoma's Mupeli Primary School have been forced to repeat Grade 9 after being unable to proceed to Grade 10 due to lack of school fees. These students had successfully completed their Grade 9 studies and were called to join C1 schools for their next academic year.
Wazazi nchini Kenya wanahimizwa kukumbatia maamuzi ya watoto wao kuhusu uchaguzi wa masomo chini ya mfumo wa Competency-Based Curriculum (CBE). Hii inasisitiza umuhimu wa kusaidia maamuzi ya wanafunzi.
A Kenyan student in Nandi reportedly ajipeleka mwenyewe shuleni bila chochote (brought themselves to school without anything) due to lack of school fees (karo). This highlights the financial challenges faced by some students in accessing education.
School principals in Kenya are raising concerns about potential overcrowding in secondary schools as the country prepares for the transition of the first cohort of Grade 8 students under the new competency-based curriculum (CBC) to junior secondary school.