School leaders · Kenya
Equipping Junior School science in Kenya's comprehensive schools
Under Kenya's Competency-Based Education, Junior School (Grades 7 to 9) is hosted in many primary schools that now operate as comprehensive schools. Many of these schools were never designed with science laboratories.
The challenge
- Integrated Science and Pre-Technical Studies require practical activities.
- Many schools have no laboratory room or specialist equipment.
- Teachers may be new to teaching science at this level.
A practical solution
Virtual labs need computers and internet rather than a laboratory. Learners can:
- measure, observe and record in physics and chemistry labs;
- explore the human body, plants and the environment;
- design, draw and model in technical labs.
Getting started
- Use the school's computer room, or shared devices, for science sessions.
- Start with Grade 7 and add Grades 8 and 9.
- Train Junior School science teachers together.
Assessment evidence
Competency-based assessment needs evidence of skills. Virtual lab results, screenshots and reports fit into learners' portfolios and school-based assessment.
The KJSEA at Grade 9
Learners sit the Kenya Junior School Education Assessment at the end of Grade 9, which feeds into Senior School placement. Confident, practical learners are better prepared for both the assessment and the pathway choice.
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