The Grade 6 learners will study a number of subjects when they join junior secondary school in January next year.
The Grade 6 learners will join junior secondary in January after sitting their final KPSEA exams in primary school in November this year.
Junior secondary comprise of Grade 7, 8 and 9. Below are compulsory and optional subjects in junior secondary.
Compulsory subjects
1. English
2. Kiswahili or Kenyan Sign Language for learners who are deaf
3. Mathematics
4. Integrated Science
5. Health Education
6. Pre-Technical and Pre-Career Education
7. Social Studies
8. Religious Education – learners choose one of the following:
a) Christian Religious Education
b) Islamic Religious Education
c) Hindu Religious Education
9. Business Studies
10. Agriculture
11. Life Skills Education
12. Sports and Physical Education
Optional Subjects (Minimum 1, Maximum 2)
1. Visual Arts
2. Performing Arts
3. Home Science
4. Computer Science
5. Foreign Languages:
6. German
7. French
8. Mandarin
9. Arabic
10. Indigenous Languages
11. Kenyan Sign Language
NB: ICT will be a delivery tool for all Subjects
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Too many subjects to the learners how will they cope with all those subjects even high schools they don’t do all those subjects …You are overworking kids
And where will be junior secondary school will it be in primary or secondary
Reduce the number of the subjects ,this kids are young and their brains can’t handle 14 subjects effectively .That a good joke for 11 to 12 year olds
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Will they pay school fee or not
CBC should be done well otherwise it will not work in other areas in our county.
Too many subjects
The ideas is ? but quick implementation early before it too late
Where are those secondaries for juniors or they will continue at the same
Overworking the juniors
Who are the teachers going to teach junior secondary and where are the classes