Basic Education Principal Secretary Belio Kipsang has revealed that most Senior Schools will offer STEM as a career pathway to Grade 10 to 12 learners from 2026.
He noted that there are up to 11,000 Senior Schools available in the country.
"Most of them will be pure sciences because that is mostly what we are doing with our 8-4-4. We shall only continue to build their capacity in dealing with the aspects of science," he said.
Belio spoke on Wednesday when he officiated a stakeholder’s engagement on Senior School and Teacher Education at the Kenya Institute of Curriculum Development in Nairobi.
Senior Schools will offer three career pathways which are Science, Technology Engineering and Mathematics (STEM), Social Sciences commonly known as humanities and final one is performing arts, music and athletics.
Belio said the ministry hopes to have each Senior School offering at least two career pathways for Grade 10 to 12 learners.
He said having Senior Schools offer two career pathways will make economic sense of what has already been invested in the institutions.
"We expect that every school will at least have two pathways to make economic sense of the investments we put into our schools," the PS said.
He said some national schools will offer up to three career pathways.
Belio said most schools have developed capacity in humanities and STEM courses.
"What we shall be doing is to continue building the capacity of our schools to adequately continue offering those pathways," he said.
The PS said a good number of schools are already known for being good in sports and arts such as St Patrick's Boys Iten.
"We are going to build the capacity of such school so that they can teach sports as a learning area, and not just sports as we know it," he said.
Belio said the teachers will be retooled on how to deliver quality education to Grade 10 learners.
"To a large extent, I can say we are ready for Grade 10. And the stakeholders forum today is part of that readiness. I can assure you as we move to Grade 10 we shall be better prepared," he said.
