Govt Abolishes National Schools in new CBC categorization of secondary schools: The government of Kenya is set to re-categorize more than 10,000 secondary schools. This will mark the end of the longstanding national schools as we know them today.
Categories of schools in the current system
In the current 8.4.4 system of education, secondary schools are categorized into national schools, extra-county schools, county schools, and sub-county schools. The Ministry of Education normally sends KCPE candidates who score the highest marks to national and extra-county schools.
The average performers end up in county and sub-county schools. It is in sub-county schools where the phrase “100% transition” applies. The Kenyan government formulated the 100% transition policy to ensure that all learners acquire a minimum of a KCSE certificate.
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The current Form Ones are the last cohort of the 8.4.4 system of education. They will exit the system in 2027. In 2027, the government of Kenya will transition to a purely competency-based curriculum (CBC).
New Three-tier system
That is why the Ministry of Education of Kenya has decided to introduce a new three-tier system. This system will categorize the more than 10,000 registered secondary schools. The government is set to align the categorization with the rollout of the Competence Based Curriculum (CBC). In the new system, national schools will cease to exist.
The pioneer CBC class will join senior school in 2026. This pioneer class is currently in Grade 8. The government decided to domicile Grades 7, 8, and 9 in the traditional primary schools since they already had extra classes.
Challenges in JSS
Implementation of the CBC curriculum has been a challenge, especially at Junior School (JSS) level. The biggest impediment has been understaffing and inadequate facilities. Some schools have only two teachers handling three or four streams.
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It is only in junior high schools where you will find a trained Kiswahili and C.R.E. teacher handling mathematics and chemistry. One wonders whether we are staring at a time bomb.
Kenyans are eager to know the criteria that will be used to place students in traditional “giant schools” like Alliance High School and Kenya High School.
It was just the other day that the Principal Secretary of the State Department of Basic Education, Dr. Richard Belio Kipsang revealed that some schools will offer three career pathways while others will offer at least two. It is the career pathways that will determine the categorization of secondary schools.
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