Parliamentary Questions

Could the Cabinet Secretary – (i) state the measures the ministry is taking to address the understaffing in all primary schools in Nyando Constituency and explain the immediate plans in place to address the shortage that is detrimental to the learning of pupils? (ii) Outline efforts being undertaken by the Ministry to gazette Nyando and Kadibo Sub Counties as hardship regions in order to attract and retain teachers who otherwise benefit from hardship allowance in the neighbouring constituencies

Could the Cabinet Secretary – (i) Outline specific measures being pursued by the Government to ensure that children with Autism/Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) obtain equal access to education? (ii) State the modalities used by the Ministry and the Kenya National Examinations Council in availing alternative examination modes or avenues for autistic children who are not able to undertake written examinations? (iii) Confirm is the Ministry intends to incorporate Oral Assessment of autistic children

Could the Cabinet Secretary – (i) Provide a status report on the construction of classrooms under the Competency Based Curriculum (CBC) Phase II at the following ten secondary schools in Bonchari Constituency that were identified in 2022 to host Junior Secondary Schools (JSS): BCM Nyamokenye, Botoro ELCK, Ekerubo, Itierio Girls, St. Andrew’s Mogomo, St. Ann’s Nyangoge, St. Charles Lwanga Gesero, St. Francis Nyasagati, St. Peter’s Suneka, and St. Vincent Omwari? (ii) State when will construction

Could the Cabinet Secretary – (i) report on the state of preparedness for implementation of the Competence Based Curriculum in Junior Secondary Schools located in informal settlements, particularly those in Nairobi City County? (ii) explain the measures that have been put in place to address the inadequacy of facilities such as laboratories and recreation facilities in Junior Secondary Schools, especially those located in informal settlements in Nairobi City County? (iii) provide details on the

Could the Cabinet Secretary – (i) state when the Government intends to gazette Suba South and Suba North Sub Counties as hardship areas for the purposes of enabling the Teachers Service Commission (TSC) to implement the Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) that declared the two Sub-Counties as hardship areas? (ii) confirm that the Government is committed to facilitating the TSC to pay the teachers in the said Sub-Counties all outstanding hardship allowances that ought to have become payable fro

– Could the Cabinet Secretary – (i) consider incorporating the Competency Based Curriculum (CBC) into the 8-4-4 curriculum as a way of addressing the challenges that have affected smooth transitioning from 8-4-4 to the CBC system? (ii) confirm whether the Ministry will meet the full costs of implementing the CBC, particularly purchase of resources necessary for carrying out CBC lessons? (iii) state the measures that the Ministry is taking to ensure that all the 1.2 million Grade 7 learners trans

(i) Could the Cabinet Secretary state whether the criteria used for placement of students in form one, particularly in day schools, takes into consideration the proximity of learners to schools? (ii) What measures has the Ministry put in place to ensure that day scholars who walk for distances of over 10kms to school in the wee hours of the morning and evening are guaranteed security from potential dangers such as attacks by criminal gangs, abductions and vulnerability to incidences of rape?

Could the Commission - (i) explain why Curriculum Support Officers (CSOs) are managed by the Teachers Service Commission (TSC) in the same manner as teachers yet they offer technical support? (ii) state why the said Officers are graded at a lower cadre of the Secretariat staff in the organogram of TSC Secretariat? (iii) State the reasons why CSOs have never been promoted since the time of engagement and first deployment by the TSC despite the existence of Career Progression Guidelines of 2019? (