System glitches slow Grade 9 pathway selection as Knut demands 60pc pay rise
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Kakamega Primary School and Junior Secondary School Grade 9 learners during a lesson on January 6, 2025. Learners are expected to pick their senior schools before undertaking the Kenya Junior School Education Assessment in November.
Meanwhile, the Kenya National Union of Teachers (Knut) has continued with its push for a 60 percent salary increment for teachers in the proposed 2025–2029 Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA).
Knut says the Teachers Service Commission (TSC) should fast-track the negotiation of a new CBA to avert disruption of learning.
Technical hitches have disrupted the Ministry of Education’s recently launched career pathway selection process for Grade 9 learners, forcing several schools to postpone the crucial exercise.
The system failure, which hit just days after the rollout was announced, left many schools particularly in rural areas with poor network connectivity unable to access the online portal.
