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News KICD In the Media

22nd April 2022

Ministry: All is set for Grade 6 and junior secondary roll out

Preparations for Grade Six, the highest primary class under the competency-based curriculum (CBC), are being finalised ahead of Monday’s roll out, a senior Education ministry official has said.

20th April 2022

KICD Approves New Coding Syllabus for Schools

The government has approved a new curriculum for secondary and primary school students that will teach coding.
Kenya will be the first country on the African continent to implement the curriculum.

10th April 2022

What is the philosophy of the new education curriculum in Kenya?

Kenya is in the process of implementing the Competency-Based Curriculum (CBC) to replace the much-criticized 8-4-4 system. This in itself is a noble cause. However, many questions have been raised regarding the driving philosophy behind the change.

6th April 2022

Chess games now part of CBC

The Kenya Institute of Curriculum Development (KICD) and Japanese electronics manufacturer Casio have partnered to provide free educational resources and ways to solve mathematics.

5th April 2022

KICD, Japanese firm Casio partner to make maths enjoyable to students

The Kenya Institute of Curriculum Development (KICD) and Japanese electronics manufacturer Casio have partnered to provide free educational resources and ways to solve mathematics.

4th April 2022

Government says digital learning a big success

The government says 22,891 primary schools have so far been supplied with laptops.
Ministry of ICT says digital content has been installed in devices for Grade 1 to Grade 4.
Kenyans can confirm availability of gadget in schools by visiting digischool.co.ke.


11th February 2021

Here’s all you need to know about Competency-Based Curriculum


1). Children will spend two years in pre-primary, six years in primary and six years in secondary school.
2). At the end of pre-primary 2, the learners will be assessed internally, but will all transition to Grade 1 in primary school.

10th January 2020

How CBC will affect adults!!

The Teachers Service Commission (TSC) will train 68,490 teachers on new curriculum in December, Chief Executive Officer Nancy Macharia has said.

The implementation of Competency-Based Curriculum enters Grade Four in January next year.

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