Education PS Julius Bitok has announced that Grade 9 learners will begin selecting their Senior Secondary Schools of choice on May 20.
Bitok made the announcement while addressing the National Conversation on Competency-Based Education at KICC on Thursday, April 24.
He indicated that the process would begin early to ensure a smooth transition from the Junior Secondary Schools to the Senior Secondary Schools, which will begin from Grade 10.
Bitok added that the government would leverage technology during the selection process.
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"We have worked on guidelines to transition our learners from Grade 9 to Grade 10. Starting May 20, we are going to have our learners begin their choices for senior schools," he announced.
Earlier, Fred Odhiambo, the Deputy Director of Education at the Ministry of Education, revealed that schools will be categorised based on pathways. The pathways include Science, Technology Engineering and Mathematics (STEM), Social Sciences (humanities), and Performing Arts, Music, and Athletics.
Learners will be required to pick 12 schools during the process. Out of the 12, 9 schools will be boarding schools (3 will have to be from the learner's home county, while the remaining 6 have to be outside their home county).
On the other hand, the remaining 3 choices will go to day schools in the home sub-county.
Notably, Mathematics, which was set to be an optional subject in SSS, will now be mandatory following the directive issued by Education CS Julius Ogamba.
