Students Resort to Join JSS Without KPSEA Results

Students Resort to Join JSS Without KPSEA Results

Students Resort to Join JSS Without KPSEA Results

Although the results of the Kenya Primary School Education Assessment (KPSEA) exam have not been released by the government, school heads started the process of admitting children to Junior Secondary Schools (JSS) on Monday.A school head who spoke confirmed the information and said that most schools had started the process of accepting the new JSS students. He bemoaned the low participation, though.

The head teacher of the school went on to say that there was no cost to parents when they brought their kids to different schools, noting that the transfer went well. The teacher disclosed that all the pupils who took the examinations were assured of a direct transition while discussing the rationale behind admitting them to JSS without their exam results.

“For those who did KPSEA, it’s an automatic transition, no rules tied to it,” she noted.“For existing pupils, they just transit to grade seven, for new pupils we ask for an assessment report, the number which is in the KNEC portal to confirm whether they did KPSEA.”

In an interview, a mom who had recently enrolled their child in a Nairobi school disclosed that she had to give up thousands of shillings in order for her child to be accepted.The mom claimed she was forced to pay Ksh3,500 for a locker that could only accommodate two students and Ksh7,000 for parents who wished to get their kids private lockers.

Additionally, in order to pay for the construction of classrooms, newly admitted students were required to pay Ksh12.000.Form One children and JSS students were supposed to report to school on January 15.

KPSEA results would be issued in two weeks, according to CS Machogu, who disclosed the Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) results last week.CS Machogu cautioned school administrators on January 12 not to charge parents due to the expansion of infrastructure to support students entering Grades 7 and 8.

The CS mentioned that in order to assist the construction of classrooms, the Ministry of Education had already credited school accounts with Ksh7.6 billion.”The government plans to spend Ksh12.8 billion to facilitate the construction of 15,015 classrooms for JSS over the next one year,” Machogu said.Additionally, Machogu asked school administrators to make sure seventh-graders are taught in the same classes as their predecessors.