Govt releases new guidelines on Junior Secondary School admission
By evans.maritim, January 20, 2023
President William Ruto has approved interim guidelines to be used in managing and rolling out Junior Secondary School (JSS) education, Education Cabinet Secretary (CS) Ezekiel Machogu has announced.
In the new guidelines, the Board of Management (BoM) of a primary school that domiciles the Junior Secondary School will constitute a special Sub-Committee to spearhead the management of education and resources of the school.
The headteacher of the primary school that domiciles the JSS will serve as Secretary while the Chairperson will be a member of the Committee.
All private JSS will establish and operationalise BoMs, Boards of Directors or Boards of Trustees, in accordance with Section 52 (a) of the Basic Education Act (2013).
At the same time, a public JSS will be headed by the headteacher of the public primary school that domiciles it during the interim period of the transition ending December 30, 2023.
“The Ministry of Education has re-engineered the National Education Management Information System (NEMIS) in readiness for enhancement management of education data.
“Registration of learners in NEMIS will form the basis for disbursement of funds to public Junior Secondary School,” CS Machogu said.
Junior Secondary School books
The CS also said textbooks and hard copies of the Grade 7 Curriculum Designs will be made available for all schools and KNEC will provide guidelines on the conduct of assessments at the JSS level.
Also, the infrastructure and resources of existing primary schools will be utilised by the respective domiciled JSS in the interim one year of transition.
“The Ministry of Education, through the Kenya Education Management Institute (KEMI), has developed a curriculum and training materials to build the capacity of education managers, (including Junior Secondary School Management Boards and school heads on governance and accountability in the leadership of JSS.
“The curriculum will also apply during the induction of the school heads on institutional and instructional leadership.
“Comprehensive guidelines will be issued to schools in a circular to be released by the Education Ministry next week,” the CS added.