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The Competency-Based Curriculum has now been implemented fairly successfully at pre-primary school level and Grades One to Three. As the country gets set for its implementation at Grade Four next year, it is necessary to start discussing the implications of the CBC curriculum on adults. Read Full Article
moreThe roll out of Grade Four Competency-Based Curriculum (CBC) in has taken off well without hitches, Education Cabinet Secretary George Magoha said yesterday. Magoha said more than 99 per cent of schools across the country had received the requisite books but a few are yet to receive them,which are expected to arrive today. Read Full...
moreLast week I ran a session on transformative leadership at a four-day workshop for vice chancellors and principals of Kenyan universities. It was organised by the German Academic Exchange Services (DAAD), the Kenya DAAD Scholars Association (KDSA) and the Commission for University Education. Read Full Article
moreKey reforms in the education sector, including status update on the progress of the new curriculum, and the distribution of textbooks in schools is top of the agenda at a headteachers’ meeting that commences today in Mombasa. School heads from across the country under the aegis of the Kenya Primary Schools Headteachers Association (Kepsha) are...
more9th December 2019 A private school in Kasarani, Nairobi county is making major strides using the new Competency Based Curriculum (CBC) to identify talented pupils and nurture their talents. Read Full Article
moreThe government has put in place adequate measures to ensure the successful roll out of the Competency-Based Curriculum (CBC) Education Cabinet Secretary George Magoha said he was happy almost all stakeholders have endorsed the curriculum. Read Full Article
moreMuch-touted Competency Based Curriculum (CBC) currently being implemented in schools is now anchored in law after legislators approved Sessional Paper Number 1 of 2019. The unanimous passing of the sessional paper, Policy Framework for Reforming Education and Training for Sustainable Development, struck the final blow to 8-4-4 system which the legislators did not prepare the...
moreThe Private Schools Association has kicked off the training of teachers from private schools on how best to teach the competency based curriculum. Over 3,400 teachers drawn from schools in Nairobi, Kiambu and Kajiado underwent the training in Nairobi on Wednesday. KPSA chief executive Peter Ndoro said the training focuses on creativity and imagination. Read...
morePublishers have defended themselves following claims that some textbooks being used in schools have errors. In a statement on Wednesday, Kenya Publishers Association chairman Lawrence Njagi said most of the highlighted “errors” have been taken out of context and are just perceptions. “We have established that most of the concerns in the mainstream media originate...
morePublic participation and stakeholder engagement has been at the centre stage of the ongoing healthy debate over the new system of education that is being piloted countrywide. To some, though the Competency Based Curriculum (CBC) is a great thing to have happened in the country’s education history, public communication is low. Many Kenyans are yet...
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