President William Ruto has announced the government preparedness ahead of the grade 9 CBC class
While assuring his administration resource preparedness ahead of next year’s transition Ruto has mentioned his government commitment to hiring teachers and constructing classes noting hat so far his regime has hired up to 56000 teachers.
“ As we move to grade nine we have not only finalised the process of building an extra 11000 classrooms as government , i have also asked our members of parliament using the constituency development fund to also build another 6000 classes so that next year we are ready to make sure that every child that crosses to grade nine have a classroom and a teacher. Ruto stated.
Speaking in the Global Schools Meals Coalition in Nairobi the head of state aso stated plans to triple funding for school meals in Kenya to combat hunger and improve educational outcomes, particularly in informal settlements.
Ruto called on MPs to build an extra 6,000 classrooms with funding from the National Government Constituency Development Fund.
This, he said, will help grade nine learners to get adequate facilities when schools open in January.
“There will be a book for every subject for every learner. This will ensure that the transition is complete and effective,” he said.
The School Meals Coalition is an international effort to improve and scale up school feeding programmes to ensure that every child receives a healthy and nutritious meal by 2030.
n Kenya, the school feeding programme was initially implemented in Nairobi in 1966 and expanded nationally in 1980 in partnership with the World Food Programme (WFP).
In 2023, the Nairobi County Government rolled out an ambitious meals programme in all primary schools, called ‘Dishi na County’, in the capital city.
In the 17 kitchens across the city, learners are provided a tasty, nutritious meal each day for only Sh5.
Speaking at the meeting, Nairobi Governor Johnson Sakaja said learner enrollment has shot up in city schools.
“We used to have 210,000 children in Nairobi schools. Today, we have 316, 000,” he said.