Kenya Education Conference Endorses Unified School Management Structure

A national education conference convened by the Ministry of Education adopted resolutions to create Comprehensive Schools that combine primary and junior levels under one administration. The conference took place at Lake Naivasha Resort from May 7 to 9, 2026.

Participants agreed that each Comprehensive School will operate under one Board of Management, one Head of Institution, and two deputy headteachers, one for each section.

The resolutions state that Comprehensive Schools will fall under a new Directorate of Comprehensive School Education. School fees and capitation grants will be harmonized under a single framework. Delegates also recommended standardized uniforms across all school levels, with institutions permitted to keep distinct badges. The conference called for regulation and capping of uniform costs.

On teacher management, the conference resolved to align training with both staffing needs and national development priorities. It recommended replacing the term "delocalization" with "nationalization" in deployment policies and redesignating interns as "teachers on contract" before absorption into permanent terms.

Delegates backed a consolidated national bursary and scholarship system covering basic, TVET, and university education, to be managed through the Kenya Education Management Information System. The resolutions were signed by Education Cabinet Secretary Julius Ogamba, Basic Education Principal Secretary Julius Bitok, TVET Principal Secretary Esther Muoria, and Amb.

Beatrice Inyangala, Principal Secretary for Higher Education and Research. The conference proposed that the National Conference on Education be held annually.