The 10,000 classes constructed in secondary schools under President Uhuru Kenyatta to accommodate Junior school learners under the Competency Based Curriculum (CBC) are being used to decongest the institutions.
This is a deviation from the original plan envisioned by the government three years ago.
In 2022, the government constructed more than 10,000 classrooms in secondary schools ahead of the transition of learners from primary to junior secondary schools. "Ministry of Education, jointly with the Ministry of Interior and the National Treasury, shall establish a framework for the construction of the over 10,000 classrooms needed to provide the additional learning space required for the one million new students set to join junior secondary," said then President Uhuru Kenyatta.
He directed the National Treasury to make available Sh8.1 billion for the project to support the primary to secondary school shift in the Competence-Based Curriculum (CBC).
