Principal Secretary for Education, Belio Kipsang, stated that the government was halting the national classification of schools. Kipsang made the announcement while attending the First Annual Symposium on Competency-Based Assessment regarding the implementation of the new curriculum.
In the old 8-4-4 system which has since been replaced by CBC, secondary schools were divided into four categories: national, extra-county, county, and sub-county.
Kipsang told the symposium, “We are preparing to organize a discussion for all involved parties about the pathways and their arrangement in Senior School.”
“The pathways that secondary schools offer will soon determine how they are classified.”
Students from Junior Secondary Schools (JSS) will move to senior schools, which we will now call secondary schools.
The current system of categorizing senior schools will now be based on the subjects they offer.
This includes schools for humanities and arts, sports schools, and STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) centers.
The academic institution’s infrastructure and resources will play a major role in the classification.
Most national schools have the capacity to provide a blend of the three streams because they possess plentiful resources like labs, libraries, and social amenities.
Alternatively, because of limitations in resources, it is likely that sub-county schools will offer just one blend of subjects.
Next, students proceed to senior school for three years. Their advancement to a university or college is based on their learning achievements and preferences.