Incoming JSS Principals Requirements. The most recent announcement from Education Cabinet Secretary CS. Ezekiel Machogu states that principals of primary schools will advance from grade C3 to JSS principle roles.
Junior schools are currently housed in primary schools.
The principals of the primary schools have taken on the role of the new grade 7 and 8 principals. This will go for the entire academic year, beginning with the junior secondary schools.
The CS challenged more than 10,000 primary school heads to embrace accountability. In addition, to enhance teacher professional development at the Kenya Primary Schools Head Teachers Association (KEPSHA) Annual General Meeting in Mombasa.
However, Collins Oyuu, Secretary General of the Kenya National Union of Teachers, expressed gratitude to the government. This os because of appointing the Head Teachers to serve as Junior Secondary School Principals beginning in the upcoming school year.
Incoming JSS Principals Requirements
Oyuu claims that only teachers who have worked hard to advance their education will be given preference for this opportunity.
The Knut sec. gen went on to say that there had been problems with the comprehensive schools’ administration, which the head teachers had allegedly resolved.
The Secretary-General went on to thank the administration for putting a halt to delocalization and granting permission to hire more teachers.
Many are still waiting on the Teachers Service Commission to provide clarification on the requirements for P1 heads to be promoted to principal positions under JSS.
The fact that some elementary school teachers have master’s degrees and others have PhDs but have not pursued further education serves as evidence of this.
In junior high school, pupils in grade 7 are advancing to grade 8 under the new competency curriculum (CBC).
It is believed that the commission is waiting to get a clear picture on how Grade 9 will look like. Once the junior secondary school is fully implemented with all the grades, then yhe commission will advertise for positions of principals in Junior schools.
All eligible teachers will be given an opportunity to apply for that position. However, the minimum requirement will be a degree in education. More qualifications will be stated before then