The Ministry of Education has clarified that rugby discipline in secondary schools will be held in Term One and not Term Two as indicated in the 2023 calendar released by the ministry on Thursday.
“We noticed there was an error in the calendar after the release. Rugby in secondary schools will remain in Term One and not in Term Two as earlier indicated,” said Eliud Wambua who is the Assistant Director of Quality Assurance and Standards in the Ministry of Education.
According to the calendar, William ole Ntimama stadium in Narok County, Rift Valley region will host the national primary schools’ athletics championships on April 21-25.
The calendar released by Education PS Belio
Kipsang indicated that Hill School and Moi Girls in Uasin Gishu County will
host the secondary schools national term one games on April 22-30. Term One
secondary school games include athletics, basketball, hockey, handball,
swimming and rugby.
Nairobi will play host to the special needs
education national athletics meet at Moi Forces Academy on April 21-16. The
capital city will also host the national secondary schools’ athletics
championships for the special needs education games at Nairobi School between
April 21 and 26.
In Term Two, Kangaru School will host the
national special needs education games for primary school ball games on August
8-13 while Kangaru Girls School will host the national secondary schools’
special needs education games from August 8 to 14.
Kisumu County has been earmarked to host the
national primary schools term two ball games on August 8-14 at Maseno School,
while the national secondary schools term two games that comprises football,
volleyball, netball and racquet games will be from August 8 to 14 at Kakamega
High School.
At the college level, Mombasa will host the
college ball games at Shanzu Teachers Training College from April 10 to 15 with
Murang’a Teachers Training College hosting the college athletics and paralympic
games on May 23-27.
Bujumbura, Burundi will host the regional
East Africa Games from August 19 to 31 where Kenya will be represented by both
Term One and Two finalists in all disciplines.
Arusha, Tanzania hosted the regional games in
September last year. The games resumed after two years’ absence due to the
covid-19 pandemic.
Kipsang said the government will take full
charge of the co-curricular activities that also include drama and music
festival, science and engineering fair.
In 2018, the Ministry moved to take full
charge of all co-curricular activities which were initially run by Kenya
Secondary Schools Heads Association (KESSHA) and Kenya Primary Schools Heads
Associations (KPSHA).
The Ministry has ordered for formation of new
committees to run the co-curricular activities.
“For purposes of accountability and transparency
in the management of Co-curricular activities, there shall be established the
following management committees at the Sub-County, County and Regional Levels,”
said Kipsang in the 2018 circular.
