Senior School Education Implementation Guidelines (MoE, 2025)

• Official Ministry of Education (MoE) Guidelines – October 2025
  Provides the national framework for implementing Senior School Education under the Competency-Based Education (CBE) system.

• Position of Senior School in the 2-6-6-3 Structure
  Explains the transition from Junior School (Grade 9) to Senior School (Grades 10–12) and alignment with Kenya Vision 2030 and SDG 4.

• Senior School Pathways and Tracks
  Details the three approved pathways:

  • Arts and Sports Science

  • Social Sciences

  • Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM)
    Including subject clustering and learner placement based on interest, ability, and performance.

• Curriculum Organization and Implementation
  Outlines curriculum delivery for regular, adapted, vocational, and special needs learners, including timetabling, learning resources, and co-curricular activities.

• Assessment and Certification Framework
  Explains competency-based assessment approaches, tools, reporting systems, and the role of KNEC in Senior School and vocational assessments.

• Governance, Management, and Leadership
  Provides structures for Boards of Management, school leadership, academic committees, students’ councils, and parents’ associations.

• Quality Assurance and Standards
  Sets standards for infrastructure, learner welfare, discipline, health, guidance and counselling, safety, and institutional quality assurance systems.

• Teacher and Human Resource Management
  Covers teacher recruitment, training, deployment, staffing norms, and roles of teaching and non-teaching staff.

• Infrastructure and Resource Requirements
  Specifies minimum infrastructure standards, laboratories, workshops, ICT facilities, and pathway-specific learning spaces.

• Learner Support Services
  Emphasizes guidance and counselling, mentorship, special needs education, inclusivity, and learner wellbeing.

• Transition to Colleges, Universities, and the World of Work
  Guides career readiness, academic preparedness, scholarships, applications, and linkages with TVET institutions.

• Financial and Procurement Management
  Provides guidelines on budgeting, accountability, audits, fee management, and public procurement procedures.

• Roles and Responsibilities of Stakeholders
  Clearly outlines duties of MoE, TSC, KICD, KNEC, Boards of Management, parents, learners, and other agencies.

• Legal and Policy Framework Alignment
  Anchored on the Constitution of Kenya (2010), Basic Education Act (2013), CBC Framework, and other national and international education policies.

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