Students wait for transportation as they hed back to school. [Photo/The Star]
Schools re-opened on Tuesday after a two-month break during which national examinations were administered to pupils and students in primary and secondary schools respectively.
Over one million pupils who sat their Kenya Certificate of Primary Education (KCPE) in November will be heading to various secondary schools clustered into national, extra-county, county and sub-county across the country.
The schools are reopening at a time when the Ministry of Education Science and Technology is rolling out a new education curriculum which continues to attract mixed reactions even as some parents and guardians raise concern over the unavailability of textbooks and other resource books in line the new module.
Education Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiangi has, however, time and again sought to assure parents of a seamless rollout with the government announcing plans to deploy the new textbooks to all public schools by January 3.
Each student joining Form One will be issued with six textbooks, Mathematics, English, Kiswahili, Chemistry, Biology, and Physics.
In a bid to improve the quality of education in public schools, TSC had issued transfer letters to scores of head teachers in national and
extra-county schools amid resistance from some quarters including the Kenya National Teachers Union.
It has, however, since emerged that most teachers affected by the transfers have complied with TSC directives and have taken charge of their new schools ahead of the reopening.