๐๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐๐ข๐ฉ๐๐ฅ ๐๐๐๐ซ๐๐ญ๐๐ซ๐ฒ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ญ๐๐ญ๐ ๐๐๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐ญ๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ญ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐๐๐ฌ๐ข๐ ๐๐๐ฎ๐๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐๐ซ. ๐๐๐ฅ๐ข๐จ ๐๐ข๐ฉ๐ฌ๐๐ง๐ ๐ก๐๐ฌ ๐ซ๐๐ข๐ญ๐๐ซ๐๐ญ๐๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐๐๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐ญ๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ญ ๐ก๐๐ฌ ๐ฉ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ข๐ง ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐๐๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ง๐๐๐๐ฌ๐ฌ๐๐ซ๐ฒ ๐ฆ๐๐๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ซ๐๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐ง๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ ๐ฌ๐ฆ๐จ๐จ๐ญ๐ก ๐ญ๐ซ๐๐ง๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐จ๐ ๐ ๐ซ๐๐๐ ๐๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ ๐ฉ๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ ๐ซ๐๐๐ ๐ง๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ง๐๐ฑ๐ญ ๐ฒ๐๐๐ซ.
Speaking when he toured Masikonde Primary school in Narok central sub county to assess the ongoing construction of classrooms for the grade nine pupils, Dr. Kipsang said the construction of 11, 000 classrooms was on-going country wide in preparation for grade nine.
He said another 5, 000 classrooms will be constructed by the National Government Constituency Development Fund (NG-CDF), to achieve a total of 16, 000 classrooms that were needed for the grade nine pupils.
โAs we speak, 11, 000 classrooms are in various levels of completion countrywide. We are working with Members of Parliament and NG-CDF to support us with 5, 000 classrooms,โ he said.
He reported that the ministry had allocated an extra Sh1 billion for schools in Nairobi County because of their unique challenges.
On the curriculum, the PS reported that the Kenya Institute for Curriculum Development (KICD) had prepared and finalized the required books for grade nine.
โBetween October and November, our schools will start receiving books that will be used by the grade nine pupils. The books will be given at a ratio of 1 is to 1,โ he underscored.
At the same time, he said, the government will recruit an additional 20, 000 teachers for junior secondary so as to make the transition from grade eight to nine very smooth.
โAlready we have recruited 56, 000 teachers for junior secondary in the last one and half years. This is the highest number of teachers to be recruited at once in the country,โ he said.
He said a pilot assessment for grade nine was conducted in July to prepare the pupils for the kind of assessment they will do in grade nine.
โIn November, while running our normal examination, we shall run another pilot which is a replica of the exam we will do in grade nine so that the teachers and pupils will be able to prepare adequately for grade nine national examination,โ, said Dr.Kipsang.
On school capitation, PS Kipsang said his ministry worked closely with the treasury to release Sh 21. 8 billion for capitation, where Sh6 billion will be used for junior schools, Sh14 billion for secondary schools and Sh1.8 billion for primary schools.
