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

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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