Articles on KICD appearing in the media
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. Read Full Article
moreThe 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. Read Full Article
moreKenya 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. Is it because the previous system(s) has become completely obsolete or is it because we have crafted a...
moreKenya Institute of Curriculum Development (KICD) CEO Charles Ongondo said the indoor game is part of the Competency-Based Curriculum. TSC Director of Quality Assurance Reuben Ndamburi said the issue with this inclusion is merely funding, which he said will be addressed. Read Full Article
moreThe Kenya Institute of Curriculum Development (KICD) and Japanese electronics manufacturer Casio have partnered to provide free educational resources and ways to solve mathematics. Read Full Article
moreThe 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. Read Full Article
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moreWhat you need to know: Children will spend two years in pre-primary, six years in primary and six years in secondary school. At the end of pre-primary 2, the learners will be assessed internally, but will all transition to Grade 1 in primary school. Read Full Article
moreAdvanced training of pre-primary teachers is set to be rolled out in teacher training colleges this September. The training will be in line with the Competency Based Curriculum and is set to develop a new breed of teachers to handle the education system rolled out in 2018. Sources say the Kenya Institute of Curriculum Development...
moreThe Ministry of Education will from next week enhance curriculum delivery through four different platforms Radio, TV, You-Tube and the Kenya Education Cloud. This they say is a measure to help facilitate the period that learners will be at home following the closure of learning institutions, in line with the Presidential directive on containment of...
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