Reactions of Parents to Proposal of KUPPET on Education Sector.
According to the report shared, KUPPET argued that grade 8 and 9 pushed to high school while grade 7 remained in primary schools. Parents have reacted concerning the fresh proposals to split Junior secondary schools into two and therefore domicile the learning levels in primary and secondary schools. A report that has sparked reactions among Kenyans across the country especially teachers, parents and education stakeholders.
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Also the parents through their representative have questioned the financial implementations of Kuppet’s proposals on parents and guardians.Parents have argued that this would mean huge spending on getting new set of uniform and even worse for parents whose learners will join boarding schools because they will have big financial difficulties.Silas Obuhatsa, the National Parents Association chairperson, has finally broken silence concerning this issue.
He said the government through the Ministry of Education should instead improve facilities in primary schools for smooth implementation ahead of grade 8 rollout.
Following the meeting held by Kuppet on Saturday of launching a fresh proposals to split Junior secondary schools into two and therefore domicile the learning levels in primary and secondary schools. Under this proposals Kuppet wants the grade 7 seven students to remain in primary school because of age factor while grade 8 and 9 move to high school. A report that has sparked reactions among Kenyans, leaving parents with unplanned bugdets and more worries about CBC.
However it means a significant departure from the government’s current approach where all three Junior secondary school grades are domiciled in primary schools. 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.
In summary, Kuppet also wants a comprehensive study done to assess the effectiveness of teacher implementation of the Competency Based Curriculum at Junior school level.
Reactions of Parents to Proposal of KUPPET on Education Sector.
