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Prefects and Teachers on Duty to answer on School Fires, CS Magoha

Magoha rules out extension of school calendar amid pressure

Kwamboka Ivon by Kwamboka Ivon
August 22, 2022
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Education Cabinet Secretary George

Magoha has affirmed that national examinations will be administered as scheduled.

Prof Magoha said the ministry is keen

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to ensure the school calendar normalises

in January, and so far, there are no plans to

make adjustments even in the midst of an

uncertain political environment.

“It is our sincere prayer exams will be

done as scheduled. Exam is usually carried

out to gauge the student, and, therefore,

nobody is expected to get 100 per cent,”

he said.

The CS, who made the remarks at Bomu

Secondary School in Mombasa after opening Competency-Based Curriculum classrooms, urged candidates to continue preparing for the tests.

The remarks come against the backdrop

of a section of education stakeholders calling for an extension of the school calendar

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to recover for the time lost during the General Election where learners had to take a

break of about two weeks.

Schools are expected to cover for lost

time in the next four weeks, as the second

term is expected to end on September 16.

They will then take a one-week break before they can resume for third term starting

September 26. “In terms of children going

back to school, a few that are still coming

back are welcome,” the CS said.

Last week, Magoha said schools will not

be closed in the event of a repeat election in

a bid to cover for the lost time in the already

constrained academic calendar.

“When the time comes for Government

to proclaim itself on certain situations, for

example, if there is an election that will take

a day, we are not going to ask our children

in boarding schools to go home again. It is

far much wiser to ensure learners in boarding schools remain but keep off classrooms

where voting will be taking place,” he explained.

Magoha further noted that the ministry

will continue working with the Independent and Electoral Boundaries Commission, as he suggested that institutions of

higher learning be used as tallying centres.

He also assured that exams are ready

and when the new Government takes over,

they will concentrate on other issues they may want to do differently.

The CS also assured that the examination council’s portal is open for Grade Six

learners to select their Junior Secondary

School until August 30 and should there

be need to extend it, they will consider so

at a later date.

Kenya Certificate of Primary Education

and Kenya Primary School Education Assessment for Grade Six is scheduled for

end of November while Kenya Certificate

of Secondary Education will be written in

December.

Other issues

He made the remarks even as he warned

that parents will bear the burden of rebuilding schools razed down by learners.

“If you think burning of a school will

make you not do exams, you are cheating

yourself, you must do the exam even if it’ is

under a tree,” said Magoha.

His remarks came following a Saturday

morning fire that razed a dormitory at the

Kisumu Boy’s High School, just a day after

schools re-opened.

Magoha also urged school managers to

be mindful of the economic burden parents are enduring.

He sent a stern warning to school heads

not to send home children with fees arrears

until the end of the year. “The economy is

extremely difficult for most parents, therefore you must not send students home now

until the end of the year,” he warned.

Magoha also assured the government’s

commitment to roll out Junior Secondary

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School, saying Grade Six learners must

transit without hitches in January next

year.

Meanwhile, the CS is this morning expected to launch the re-engineered National Education Management Information System (Nemis) at Kenya Institute of

Curriculum Development.

Nemis is a strategic system for capture,

storage and retrieval of information regarding learners, educational institutions

and other aspects of education policy makers rely on to make decisions in the education sector.

According to the ministry, the re-engineered system has consolidated and improved on the capabilities it has had over

the years the Ministry has been using to

make strategic and operational decisions.

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