The Education Principal Secretary Belio Kipsang has declared that the government is doing away with National schools as it will come up with new categorisation of schools.
Speaking during the Inaugural Annual Symposium on Competency-Based Assessment, the PS revealed that the new categorisation of schools is one of the ways to implement the Competence Based Curriculum.
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“We will soon convene a stakeholders engagement on the pathways and pathway placement in Senior School and do qaway with current categorisation. Secondary schools will soon be categorised according to the pathways they will offer.”
Secondary schools will now be renamed as senior schools and it is where pupils from Junior Secondary Schools (JSS) will enrol and will be identified on the combination of subjects offered in the institution.
This includes; Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Centres, Humanities and Arts Schools, and Creative Arts and Sports Schools.
The classification will largely depend on the resources and infrastructural capacity of the academic institution such as libraries, laboratories, and social amenities.
After National schools, the Sub-County schools follow with limited resources and are therefore likely to offer only one combination of subjects unlike the national schools which will provide three subjects.
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According to the new system, Students will now undergo a three-year duration in senior school before advancing to university or college, based on their interests and academic achievements.