As the ministry prepares for the building of 16,000 classrooms by the end of 2024, Education Principal Secretary (PS) Belio Kipsang announced that Ksh. 3.4 billion will be set aside for the construction of Grade 9 classrooms.
PS Kipsang stated in a statement on Wednesday that the government has allocated adequate funds to build classrooms for students in Grade 9, and that the funds will enable the building of a suitable number of classrooms.
“MPs have been asked to set aside an equivalent amount so that we shall have Ksh.6.8 billion which should be able to do more than 6,000 classrooms,” Kipsang said
The National Government Constituency Development Fund (NG-CDF) will work with the National Government to actualize the funds.
He added that Ksh.9 billion will subsequently be made available by the government to support the building of an additional 9,000 classrooms.
In order to execute the Competency-Based Curriculum (CBC) educational system, which was introduced in 2017, more classroom space will be created in schools.
In 2027, the final cohort of students will take the Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) exams, marking the complete transition from the 8-4-4 educational system to the CBC system.
In order to cover early childhood education, middle school, junior secondary, upper secondary, and university, CBC adopted a 2-6-3-3-3 structure.
Students in grades 7 through 9 are categorized as Junior Secondary School (JSS) students.
