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Inside plans to address JSS woes as rollout of curriculum faces hurdles

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Grade Nine learners could, from next year, move to secondary schools as the government seeks options to address challenges facing Junior Secondary Schools (JSS).

Shortage of facilities; classrooms, libraries and labs, lack of teachers and poor training have been major setbacks since the first learners under the Competency-Based Curriculum moved to JSS.

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