NAIROBI, Kenya, Jun 16 – Education Cabinet Secretary Ezekiel Machogu has asked headteachers of primary and secondary education to ensure teaching starts at 8.00am and ends at 3.45pm on weekdays.
Machogu said the Ministry provides for a maximum of 6 hours teaching, noting that education of learners should be natural and not forced.
He said Finland has a 3 hour teaching regime yet it is reputed to have a world-class system of education.
He stressed the need for schools to adhere to the school hours which allows learners to manage their own learning and engage in Physical education activities.
The Cabinet Secretary said this when the officials of the Kenya Secondary School Heads Association (KESSHA) led by Chairman, MIndimuli Kahi paid a courtesy call on him at his Office at Jogoo House.
Present during the occasion was the Principal Secretary for the State Department of Basic Education, Belio Kipsang.
Machogu, however, thanked KESSHA for the support it was giving the government in the management of education and in particular, the education reform the government is undertaking.
Kipsang challenged the leadership of KESSHA to regulate the costing of school uniforms among its members.
Indimuli raised various issues he wants the Ministry to address to make it easier for principals to manage secondary schools.
The chairperson identified capitation funds for free day secondary education programme, school uniform, disbursement of curriculum materials, management of co-curricular activities and auditing of school finances as some of the issues the association wants the ministry to address.
The Cabinet Secretary said the Ministry will set up a team to study the issues and provide solutions to them.
He, however, asked the association to submit proposals on possible ways of addressing the issues.
Present during the meeting were senior officials in the Ministry and the executive officials of KESSHA.
