Articles on KICD appearing in the media
Education Cabinet Secretary Julius Migos Ogamba has launched a distribution exercise of textbooks for Grade 9, and those for rationalized learning areas for Grades 1 to 6 to all Kenyan schools in the Ministry’s effort to maintain the one-to-one textbook-to-learner ratio policy. Read Full Article
moreThe Kenya Institute of Curriculum Development has apologised over sentences in Certificate Biology Form 3 book that appear to shift blame to rape victims. KICD Director and CEO, Prof Charles Ong’ondo, said in a statement the emails in particular expressed concern that two sentences insinuate that rape can be caused by indecent dressing or that...
moreKICD: CBC Subjects to be Dropped and Replaced in 2024. The Kenya Institute of Curriculum Development (KICD) plans to lower the number of learning areas for learners within the Competency-Based Curriculum (CBC) beginning in January 2024. President William Ruto accepted the suggestions provided by the Presidential Working Party on Education Reforms (PWPER) on Tuesday, August...
moreThe Kenya Institute of Curriculum Development has reduced the number of subjects under the Competence-Based Curriculum in line with the recommendations by the Presidential Working Party on Education Reform (PWPER). In a circular to regional, county and subcounty directors of Education dated December 20, Basic Education Permanent Secretary Belio Kipsang said KICD reached the decision...
moreKenya Institute of Curriculum Development (KICD) has been challenged to develop curriculum for Senior School (SS) that will accelerate the Kenya Kwanza government agenda on job creation. KICD Council Chairman Professor Simon Gicharu said curricula should be aligned with the Bottom Up Economic Transformation (BETA) model to ensure job creation for the youth. Prof Gicharu...
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