Professor George Magoha [Photo: EduMin]
Education Cabinet Secretary (CS) George Magoha has affirmed that the construction of 3,500 phase two CBC classrooms will be completed by the end of week.
Speaking after commissioning two CBC classrooms at Moi Girls’ Secondary School – Isinya on Monday, he revealed that the construction of the classrooms is currently at 90 percent completion.
He said Central, Nyanza and North Eastern regions had already achieved 100 percent completion while Nairobi, Coast and Western regions were still lagging behind.
“We are currently at 90 per cent completion. Out of the 10,000 classrooms that were being constructed over 9000 are complete. Around 800 classrooms are at the final construction stages with challenges being faced in Nairobi, Kakamega and Bungoma but we are working on them,” said the CS.
He then lauded contractors for ensuring the classes are finished in time, that is in two weeks.
Phase one of the CBC classroom construction had 6,500 classes, while the second phase involves the construction of 3,500 classrooms.
The classrooms will host Junior Secondary School learners in January 2023 after grade 6 pupils sit for the Kenya Primary School Education Assessment (KPSEA) in November this year.
According to the ministry, 2.57 million students will be enrolled for Grade 7 and Form 1 during the double intake in January 2023.
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