Amina Mohammed had a troublesome tenure as the Education CS since she was appointed to the docket in January 2018.
When she was moved to the Sports ministry on March 1 2019, netizens could not help but recall the things that caused her sleepless nights at Jogoo House.
While she handled some of them well, others spun out of control and left her with an egg on the face.
That being said, let's take a look at some of Amina's biggest headaches;
1. Entry grades to colleges
Amina had lowered the entry grade for teachers training colleges from C to D+ before Attorney General Kihara Kariuki told her that she had no such powers. The AG stated that only the Teachers Service Commission (TSC) is mandated to prescribe the entry qualifications.
2. Teen pregnancies
The high number of teen pregnancies that were reported during last year’s Kenya Certificate of Primary Education (KCPE) examinations forced her to order investigations to assess how dire the situation was.
3. National examinations
The former Education CS had to supervise the deployment of exam materials in a bid to curb leakage in KCPE and KCSE exams. In some occasions, she had to sleep in her official car as she waited for the offloading to end in order to oversee the dispatch.
4. Full transition to Form One
Amina was hellbent in ensuring a 100 per cent transition from primary to secondary school. She came up with various measures including; liaising with local authorities and arresting parents who were keeping their children away from school.
5. New curriculum
She postponed the planned rollout of the 2-6-3-3-3 education curriculum and explained that the ministry was not ready. This led to protests that forced the Kenya Institute of Curriculum Development (KICD) to quickly roll out the curriculum in the lower grades.
6. HELB
On February 20, 2019, Amina announced that the Higher Education Loans Board (HELB) would use police to help crackdown more than 74,000 loan defaulters who owe about Ksh7.2 Billion.
This sparked protests from various quarters. Some claimed that the move was not well-thought-out since most graduates are still unemployed.
