Education Cabinet Secretary,Prof.George Magoha,has expressed displeasure over what he terms as slow pace in construction of CBC classrooms in some counties.

Magoha said the slow progress in the classrooms construction hampers the national drive to have the facilities completed ahead of next year’s rollover to junior secondary schools.
Speaking at Singore Girls during the routine checks,Magoha said the government is doing all that is possible to have the classes done. He asked the county coordinators to speed up their work in pushing contractors expedite the construction.

“The progress in this county is wanting. The inactivity in all the process is here at Iten. Much has to be done,”he remarked, referring to Elgeyo Marakwet County.

The CS said the government is determined in ensuring all parts of the country have enough facilities for the new curriculum to be successful an promote equality among learners in the county.

He singled out Kerio Valley region within the county which has been witnessing banditry attacks with the CS saying government efforts have been drained to have the classrooms constructed.

“The government of Kenya has currently constituted shall make sure that every classroom is build”, tough talking Magoha said.He added that the government may use the army to build the classes in the conflict prone areas.

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He said only one classroom has been constructed in the entire region.
At the same time, Magoha said form selection has been concluded urging parents to accept the schools that their children have been selected to join. Saying not all learners with over 400 marks will be placed in National schools, Magoha called on the parents to be contented with the selection process.

He notes“what I want to tell the parents is that my job is to ensure that the 1 million learners who sat for the exam are placed and secondly national schools are schools which meant to have national character and we have done our best to place the deserving students.”

At least 60,000 secondary school teachers will attend the Competency Based Curriculum (CBC) training in April this year.

According to the Teachers Service Commission (TSC), the tutors will be retooled in various subject areas offered under junior secondary school section.

For teachers teaching Biology and Chemistry they will be trained on how to handle Integrated Science and Health Education which are subjects offered in junior secondary school.

The content under Integrated Science section will consist of basic information on physics. chemistry and biology.

It has common elements with the current subjects such as general science. This means therefore. the current teachers of physics, chemistry and biology once retooled will comfortably handle this new content.

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There is no need for a special teacher of integrated science. Students who will show interest in Integrated Science will most probably end up taking the Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) pathway in senior secondary school.

The content under Health Education will include environmental science, public health personal hygiene and nutrition.

Currently, teachers of Biology and Home Science already teach components of Health Science.

Consequently, the teachers of biology and home science only need to be retooled in order to effectively teach the subject.

For teachers teaching Physics and Mathematics they will be trained on how to handle Pre-Technical and Pre-Career Education which is a subject in junior secondary section.

Pre-technical and pre-career education will be offered in woodwork, metalwork, technical drawing, electricity, electronics, typewriting, shorthand, accounting, home management, textiles and clothing, and auto mechanics.

The technical teachers currently in some of the high schools will continue teaching this new content.

Teachers of home science and some mathematics/physics teachers will be prepared to handle the pre-technical and pre-career education preparing learners to join the CTS in senior secondary.

For teachers teaching Geography, History and CRE they will be trained on handling Social Studies in junior secondary.

Areas to be covered includes components of history, geography, governance and citizenship.

Currently, teachers of history, geography and social studies have the prerequisite knowledge to effectively teach this content.

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However the April CBC training will be the first phase of the programme involving secondary

school teachers.

This phase will target those teachers handling Science and Physical Education subjects.

The 60,000 teachers to be trained will be those handling Biology/Chemistry,Physics/Mathematics, and Physical Education according to a circular released by TSC CEO Dr. Nancy Macharia.

Biology and Chemistry teachers will be equipped with expertise on how to handle integrated and

health science while those teaching Physics and Mathematics will be retooled to teach pre-

technical and pre-vocational education.

Physical Education teachers are expected to teach Sports and Physical Education in secondary schools aascording to the circular.

In April,the retooling will be in form of five day face to face training while subsequent continuous learning on the new subject areas will shift online.