Junior Secondary Schools;Were We Ready?

 

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Junior Secondary School in the Competence Based Curriculum is here with us. Kenya Institute of Curriculum Development did its duty to make the new curriculum. Well done.

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There are several hiccups which I refer to as teething problems in the implementation of Junior Secondary School education countrywide.

Were we ready for this education system-Competence Based Curriculum, in Junior Secondary School education without enough teachers, classrooms, laboratories, desks, textbooks, and other logistics? Did we rush for the sake of legacy? Political legacy as witnessed there before.

What is your take on the matter Competence Based Curriculum? Could we have waited for a while before the inadequate implementation? Are there good future and substantial benefits in the Competence Based Curriculum? Will Wanjiku achieve the benefits they have always anticipated in the previous education systems? 

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It has taken time before it is established who the teachers for Junior Secondary Schools are. Are they to be deployed from the current secondary schools in the 8-4-4 education system? Are the teachers in the current primary school system the ones to teach in the Junior Secondary School? What are the qualifications for a teacher to teach in Junior Secondary School? Are the P1 teachers qualified, are the diploma holders qualified or are the graduates to teach Junior Secondary School? In a situation where the secondary school teachers will be deployed in Junior Secondary Schools, will there be smooth running in the schools where the headteachers are not graduates?

Inferiority complex and superiority complex shall fight. Teachers from secondary schools shall feel superior while those left in primary schools shall feel inferior.P1 Headteachers in schools where graduate teachers from secondary schools deployed in Junior Secondary Schools shall feel both inferior and superior. It shall not be business as usual!

Teachers deployed from primary schools to Junior Secondary Schools shall feel and look superior to those left in primary schools, who shall feel and look inferior. Will they cope under one superior and inferior headteacher?

                                        

 Seniority, Superiority, Who Is Who,7 Or 8

 

                                              

                                         

 

                         

          

 In the current 8-4-4 system, class 8 is in place. It is the highest class in primary now. Here comes grade 7 in Junior Secondary School taught by graduates. Who is superior -grade 7 or class 8? Both share a compound. Will they cope with their superiority and inferiority?

The classrooms, uniforms, and desks designed for grade 7, have a unique message of both superiority and seniority. The attention given to grade 7 is unnecessary. Are they not the same pupils from grade 6 in the same primary school? Have they undergone any special transition? Why make them feel senior and superior to their true seniors and superiors?

Were We Ready For These?

 

Well, having read the article above, may you read the following work by the same author. 

1. Smart score Grade 1 Kiswahili section by Longhorn publishers -Found in all bookshops in Kenya. 

2. Violence In Kenya-Untold Basic Facts (ebook) by Smashwords. 

3. Devilry(ebook) by Smashwords.