The Kenya Union of Post Primary Education Teachers (Kuppet) wants Grade Seven students to remain in primary school, while Grades Eight and Nine move to high school.
This means a significant departure from the government’s current approach where all the three junior secondary school grades (Grades 7, 8, and 9) are domiciled in primary school.
Kuppet argues that the one-year implementation of the junior secondary school has been “terribly corrupted” and plagued by numerous problems, and should be discontinued.
The union also wants a comprehensive study done to assess the effectiveness of teacher implementation of the CBC curriculum at the JSS level.
Misori said, the study will gather data to inform future policy decisions.
The proposal by Kuppet comes as the union commemorated its 25th anniversary.
The ceremony that took place in Nairobi on Saturday, during the union Annual Delegates Conference and was held at the Moi International Sports Centre Gymnasium, had the Prime Cabinet Secretary Musalia Mudavadi in attendance.
