Parents Raise Alarm Over Schools Demanding Over Ksh100,000 for Grade 10 Placement
The frustrations have been compounded by cases where learners were placed in schools far from their homes, including day schools located in distant counties, making attendance impractical...
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Parents are raising alarms over alleged demands for up to Ksh150,000 to secure Grade 10 placements in Kenyan schools, despite the Ministry of Education relaxing placement rules.
- Some schools are reportedly asking for between Ksh100,000 and Ksh150,000 for admissions.
- Education Cabinet Secretary Julius Ogamba announced a second phase of the placement review process from January 6 to January 9.
- Learners are expected to report to their assigned senior schools from January 12 under the Competency-Based Education curriculum.
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As Kenya prepares for the first CBC cohort to transition into Senior Secondary School, challenges have emerged. Parents are raising alarms over schools allegedly demanding up to Ksh150,000 to secure Grade 10 placements, despite the Ministry of Education relaxing placement rules. Furthermore, former KNUT Secretary General Wilson Sossion has warned that the Grade 10 rollout faces a crisis due to unprepared teachers. This warning comes despite ministry figures showing nearly 100,000 new teachers have been hired. In contrast, Kilifi County has announced a full scholarship program for students transitioning to Grade 10 after excelling in the Kenya Junior Secondary Education Assessment (KJSEA) examination.
