Ministry Starts 10Day Inspection in Schools Check on KPEEL status

A major technical team that is led by some senior officials from the government is set for a mission to fact check and do an inspection evaluation of  impact of the Kenya Primary Education Equity in Learning (KPEEL) program in schools across the country.

Some sampled schools are going to get visitation from the Directorate of Projects Coordination and Delivery in the Ministry of Education who will be reviewing the status of the four-year Program KPEEL launched  in 2022.

This exercise is set to exercise that is set to take 10 days to reach a number of schools.

The KPEEL  project was established inorder to reduce the then experienced regional disparities in learning outcomes as well as improving  the retention of girls in upper primary education.

The program further ensures  strengthened systems at the national level to ensure learning for all across the country.

According to the KPEEL Project National Coordinator Martha Ekirapa , this monitoring exercise which was under the fourth implementation support mission is expected to be conducted in at least 13 counties .

The exercise started on March 20 and will be completed on 29th March 2024.

Ekirapa indicated that this exercise will be conducted by technical teams comprising officials from multinational organisations including.

The members will include officers from

•  World Bank
• UNHCR
• Other stakeholders under the KPEEL .

After the exercise,the team will be expected to submit their findings for discussions that will be conducted at the Kenya Institute of Curriculum Development once the mission is completed.e

This exercise was launched off on Thursday in Lodwar town to kick off the countrywide that was conducted  in Turkana County.

Some of the schools visited include Kakuma refugee camps where the Department of Refugees services in collaboration with the UNHCR and other partners put up new schools for the assimilated refugee community that is currently permanently.

According to the reports, among the counties enlisted for the review include;

• Turkana, Samburu,
• Bungoma, Siaya,
• Kisii, Bomet,
• Narok, Kisumu,
• Kakamega, Uasin Gishu,
• Nakuru Mombasa ,Kwale

Education CS Ezekiel Machogu shortly after addressing school principals at Kisii School on Thursday,17th November,2022 ;Image/Courtesy

This team is expected to do an assessment of sample schools and collate the impact of the KPEEL program on the learning environment.

School administrators are cautioned  that that the disbursement of the Sh480,000 grants under the 22022-2026 KPEEL Program will highly depend on Performance for Results indicators.

This means that subsequent continuity in KPEEL funding will be subject to the achievement of specific results in schools measured by special indicators after inspection.