Junior Schools to be Relocated to Nearby Day Secondary Schools
News on the movement of jss classes to nearby day secondary schools has received a warm reception.
The current state of affairs in junior secondary schools JSS , that is currently hosted in primary schools across the country is worrying hence need for immediate remedy.
As the current grade seven learners move to grade 8 in the year 2024, things may get worse.
The big elephant in the current jss room is lack of infrastructure. Infact , most primary schools do not have the required infrastructure that will help learners carry out the practicals which are a major requirement under CBC. This means that without the practicals, learning out achievement become a challenge.
Teacher shortage is another core challenge that the jss schools are facing since the population of the learners does not get properly addressed by the current new teacher recruits. The 100 percent transition from grade 6 requires an additional teacher recruits, a situation that will be so hard to address since the government has not already absorbed the over 40, 000 teachers who are serving under internship.
Most TSC intern teachers are already demotivated following the current workload and the government tax that currently takes about ksh. 2, 450 from the monthly stipend of ksh. 20,000.
Another challenge is the current pathetic environment in most primary schools that has also demotivated most teachers, bearing in mind that most of them were trained to teach learners who are between ages of 15 to 20 years . Most jss teachers have complained of the poor relationship that is currently developing between them and the heads as a result of inferiority complex issues.
![Teacher takes Junior Secondary School students at Primary School in , a public school,through an English lesson on February 2023](https://nationupdates.co.ke/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/images-2023-10-21T145109.341.jpeg)
It will therefore be a prudent idea if the government moves these schools to nearby secondary schools so as learners can have enough access to laboratory services . This is also likely to help the government save money as teachers in the secondary schools will also provide the expertise services.
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In addition, the money that the government may incur in the start of new buildings in jss may be used to employ more teachers that will help in the curriculum implementation.
Junior Schools to be Relocated to Nearby Day Secondary Schools