*Parents’ Association Major Proposal During Educaton Reform.*
The National Parents Association is now calling for a ban on boarding in public schools and that private institutions can provide the services.
The union also wants legislation that would ban some schools from forcing students who fail exams to repeat lessons.In its proposal to the Presidential Task Force on Education Reform, the coalition supports the competency-based curriculum but requests some changes to the systemUnion said the CBC system should also be changed from junior high school to upper elementary school.
According to the Secretary General of the Association, Eskimos Kobia, they oppose the compulsory instruction of some public schools for students to board.
Boarding schools should be run by private organizations or individuals and policies should be implemented in schools so that boarding schools are not mandatory,” he said.
According to his proposal, Kobia said that the current CBC structure should be changed to replace lower middle words with upper initial words.
“We propose the structure of education from class 1 to class 6 called lower primary and from class 7 to 9 as upper primary”.He said that the system should not be changed, but the government should provide for CBC teaching materials based on the Free Basic Education (FPE) capitation grant.
“The government should provide additional infrastructure in terms of workshops, computer rooms, home science, arts, crafts and music in every school for practical classes,” he said.In the national review, the association proposed that the examination for grade 6 be called the Kenya Lower Primary Examination (KLPE) and the Kenya Upper Primary Examination (KUPE) for grade 9.
He revisited the issue of lost certificates and said the current policy of denying students the opportunity to replace lost certificates should be changed.
“We propose that the KNEC Act be changed so as to allow candidates who might have lost KCSE, KCPE or TTC certificates replaced.”Kobia said he wants the KNEC Act to be amended to allow candidates who fail or suspended during national exam to return for an additional exam within three months.
“The KNEC Act should be amended so that candidates who offend can be suspended for a period not exceeding six months and retake the exam.”
In staff, Kobia government has called for the recruitment of 7,500 quality assurance and standard staff of five per ward.The start-up grant should also be increased from Sh22,500 to Sh25,000 in secondary schools and from Sh1,450 to Sh1,750 per student in primary schools, he said.
