Education permanent secretary George Godia. PHOTO / FILE
By Nation Reporter
Posted Sunday, December 30 2012 at 22:00
Posted Sunday, December 30 2012 at 22:00
Thirty secondary schools elevated to national status are being inspected to ensure that they meet required standards ahead of next year’s Form One selection.
Once found to have attained standards fit for a national school, they will admit top students countrywide bringing the number of such schools in the country to 78.
Education permanent secretary George Godia said this will increase the number of students expected to join the national schools next year after the government released Sh750 million to the institutions.
The funds will be used to build more classrooms and other facilities ahead of the February 7 selection.
Each school must take up to 45 students per stream after they were awarded Sh25 million split in two phases of Sh12.5 million each.
It therefore means that the 78 national schools will select students after the Kenya Certificate of Primary Education (KCPE) results are announced towards the end of January.
“We want to ensure that the schools have adequate infrastructure and a national acceptance,” Prof Godia said.
Prof Godia and a team of ministry officials over the weekend started the inspection in Coast Province where they visited Mama Ngina Secondary in Mombasa among other schools.
Candidates registering to sit their KCPE exams in 2013 will also consider the 30 schools as a part of their national choices category.
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