Ministry to introduce new school placing rules

The Ministry of Education seeks to review categorization of public secondary schools and provide for selection and placement of learners into career pathways in senior school.

This is contained in the Ministry’s draft Sessional Paper No X of 2024 to be subjected to public participation. It seeks to review students’ operational costs to establish and provide minimum essential packages in schools for adequate delivery of Competency Based Curriculum (CBC) in addition to promoting equitable access to schooling and learning.

The Sessional Paper draws from the Presidential Working Party on Education Reforms (PWPER) and provides a policy framework for transforming education, training and research for sustainable development.

“Kenya has continually undertaken education reforms to align the education system with global trends, regional goals, and national priorities and values. The Presidential Working Party on Education Reform established in September 2022 made recommendations aimed at transforming the sector across the three levels of education: Basic Education, TVET and University,” the Ministry states.

As part of strengthening curriculum implementation, the Government says that plans are underway to strengthen provision of career guidance, counseling, and mentorship programmes, at all levels of education and training and leverage technology in provision of quality education.

The Government seeks to review and implement an environmental and climate change framework at all levels of education, develop and implement a policy framework on STEM education, training and research as well as develop and implement a policy framework on social media, life skills education, Indigenous knowledge, and entrepreneurship.