Education CS Ezekiel Machogu has given out interim guidelines for the Junior Secondary Schools domiciled in primary schools.
Machogu said the interim guidelines were presented to President William Ruto on Friday morning just before the release of the 2022 KCSE exam.
He said the Junior Secondary School, domiciled in primary schools will constitute a sub-committee that will spearhead the management of resources and education of the school.
"The head of the primary school that domiciles the Junior Secondary School will serve as secretary while the chairperson will be a member of the committee," Machogu said.
He further said all private JSS will establish a board of management, board of directors or board of trustees in accordance with section 52A of the Basic Education Act 2013.
"The public JSS will be headed by the headteacher of the public primary school that domiciles it during the interim period of the transition ending December 30, 2023," the CS said.
Machogu said the ministry has also re-engineered the National Education Management Information System in readiness for enhancement management of education data.
Meaning that registration of learners in Nemis will form the basis for disbursement of funds to public JSS.
Machogu further gave assurance that textbooks and hard copies of the Grade 7 curriculum designs will be made available for all schools.
Additionally, KNEC will provide guidelines on the conduct of assessments at the JSS.
Machogu said the infrastructure and resources of existing primary schools will be utilised by the respective domiciled JSS in the interim one year of transition.
"This applies to special needs JSS as well," he said.
He added that the ministry has developed a curriculum and training materials to build the capacity of education managers, including JSS management boards and school heads on governance and accountability in the leadership of JSS.
Comprehensive guidelines will be issued to schools in a circular to be released by the Education ministry next week.
