The recent damning revelation by the Daily Nation of the deplorable state of public junior school (JS) class, which is domiciled in government primary schools, was worrying. As a new class transitions in January, the situation might worsen.
Top among the avalanche of challenges bedeviling JS is lack of infrastructure. Most primary schools are largely dilapidated with no capacity to carry the weight of the practical-heavy Competency-Based Curriculum (CBC) to achieve its envisaged outcomes. Hence, the education offered there is severely compromised.
