CS Matiang’i Tests Chiefs Data Keeping Skills in New Executive Order

Days after being told to keep fit, Kenyan Chiefs have been added more responsibility by Interior CS Fred Matiangi. This time, their record keeping skills have been put to test.

The Interior CS has directed them to compile lists of all Kenya Certificate of Primary Education candidates before results are announced by the Ministry of Education to facilitate 100 percent transition to Form One next year.

Matiang’i believes the lists will help the government monitor individual candidates and facilitate their transition to secondary schools.

President Uhuru Kenyatta has already allayed fears that some candidates might end up missing form one slots. The head of state assured all candidates that his government will work round the clock to ensure they all get admissions to form one.

In a move aimed at achieving the President’s promise, the local administrators have been asked to work with head teachers to compile the lists.

“This will allow 100 per cent transition of the candidates. We are going to hold the chiefs and their assistants responsible if those children will not be located and given Form One slots. We have to ensure all the children get secondary education,” said Dr Matiang’i.

He was Speaking at Mtwapa Elite Academy in Kilifi.

The CS said county commissioners and their assistants will be in charge of coordinating the process, which is aimed at dealing with the problem of low enrollment of Form One students.

He said the administrators will be required to collect the names and numbers of the candidates in their jurisdictions.

Matiang’i said that with the collected data will make it easier for the government to locate the candidates hence making it easier to deal with low enrollment such as that witnessed last year especially at the Coast.

The issue also saw the government extend the admission time of Form Ones.

“It will thus be easier to locate these children. We want to deal with this problem early so that when results are announced, we will be able to trace them,” said Dr Matiang’i.

“We are going to push the chiefs very hard on this because our job is to support the Ministry of education and the government policies,” he added.

Meetings between county commissioners, their deputies, chiefs, their assistants, teachers and parents are set to begin immediately after the exams end on Thursday.

On Tuesday, Education CS Amina Mohamed said all the KCPE candidates will get a chance to join secondary school. The move is part of the government’s policy to guarantee the 100 percent transition from primary to secondary schools, a goal that has not been fully achieved.

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