Education group protests new rules implemented by the State
Education group protests new rules implemented by the State
Education group protests new rules implemented by the State
The Elimu Bora Working Group has expressed worries about the state of education, stating that it is collapsing. The advocacy group for education charged that the government was moving too quickly to create and implement ill-considered policies. According to the organization, a new funding model for higher education was implemented hurriedly, preventing worthy and qualified students from obtaining postsecondary education and training.
“The 2023 KCPE results for 1.4 million students were hastily released, containing numerous errors and omissions,” stated the lobby. The Ministry of Education first constructed Junior Secondary Schools (JSS) on secondary school grounds, but it abruptly changed its mind and moved them into primary institutions, as the lobby pointed out.
Concerns were also expressed about the fact that, despite the government’s claims of hiring instructors, the majority of them were handed internship contracts that were eerily extended for an additional year.
Furthermore, Elimu Bora asserted that 37% of the Sh628.6 billion allotted for education in 2023 has not been delivered by the government. The organization claimed that if the new rule requiring e-citizens to pay school fees is put into effect, it will likely become Kenya’s largest scandal.
The lobby group urged the Kenya Kwanza regime to establish a National Education Fund to guarantee that all students get free and compulsory basic education and enhanced access to tertiary education.Elimu Bora also called for public mobilisation to ensure that all children are in school and learning.
The government should consider policies before announcing them, according to the lobby. “We demand a cessation of discordant roadside policy pronouncements,” Elimu Bora stated.
The group also demands that the government depoliticize education financing and combine all public bursary monies.Elimu Bora said that political leaders control several public bursary streams, which results in skewed funding distributions.
The organization also pointed out that, in spite of the constitutional requirement for free and compulsory basic education, more than 130,000 of the 1.4 million pupils who took the KCPE in 2023 will be unable to enroll in Form One because of budgetary limitations.
“The regime must also establish a National Education Fund to guarantee that all students get free and compulsory basic education, and enhanced access to tertiary education,” the advocacy group added.
“Public education for all—including the vulnerable, children with disabilities, urban slum residents, rural poor, hard-to-reach, and insecure communities—must be planned and implemented based on a holistic school approach.”
