KCSE Examination Dates Will Not Be Affected Despite School Calendar Disruption.
Ezekiel Machogu, the cabinet secretary for education, has stated that the government plans to extend the dates of Term Two classes in order to make up for the two-week delay that flooding created in the opening of educational facilities.
The Education CS disclosed during a briefing on Thursday that the second term would be extended for an indefinite amount of time to enable schools to fully cover the curriculum, especially for candidates getting ready for the national exams in November of this year.
Machogu stated that by extending the second term by a few days, the Ministry would look into ways to make up for lost time, particularly for Form Four candidates.
He brought up the fact that these candidates’ original plan was to close for three weeks in August and made the suggestion that they might be able to reduce the total number of days that schools are closed.
The second semester of classes was scheduled to resume on April 29, but the Ministry of Education postponed it because of heavy rain and disastrous floods that killed over 257 people.
The timetable for the Kenya Primary School Education Assessment (KPSEA) and Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) exams would not change, according to Mr. Machogu, even though certain elements might. According to him, the testing will happen in November as planned.
“The exam schedule is unchanged; starting in November, KCSE and KPSEA will be administered at the regular time,” he said.
But the CS said that because of the intense rain, several schools in seven counties—including Tana River, Homa Bay, and Kisumu—might not open on Monday. He said that the government will look into other educational options, such relocating pupils to safer areas.
He said the school names would be released soon, but two percent of the schools in Tana River, Homa Bay, and Kisumu counties might not open because they are the most affected by the rain.
President William Ruto established a Sh1 billion fund on Monday to repair schools damaged by flooding.
The schools were originally supposed to reopen on April 29, 2024; however, the date of reopening was pushed to May 6, 2024 because of challenges brought on by heavy rains.
Because of the flooding situation, President Ruto requested last Friday that the Ministry of Education delay the reopening of all national schools.
Because of the disastrous impacts of the rains in some of the schools, Mr. Machogu indicated that it would be unwise to endanger the lives of kids and staff before putting in place watertight measures to assure appropriate safety for all impacted school communities.
KCSE Examination Dates Will Not Be Affected Despite School Calendar Disruption.
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