Articles on KICD appearing in the media
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moreProf Charles Ong’ondo has ben appointed director Kenya Institute of Curriculum Development for a term of five years. He now takes over from Dr Joel Mabonga who has been acting Chief Executive Officer after Dr Jwan Julius, who was the substantive boss was appointed Vocational and Technical Training PS.
moreNow, ‘Prof Otiko’ is at the helm of the KICD, the institution tasked with developing curricula and curriculum support materials for learners. His appointment as KICD director-cum-chief executive officer was done on September 25 by Education Cabinet Secretary George Magoha. 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...
moreJoel Mabonga has been appointed acting director at the Kenya Institute of Curriculum Development (KICD). Dr Mabonga replaces Julius Jwan, who was on Friday sworn in as Technical and Vocational Education Principal Secretary. In a communication to staff, KICD council chairperson Sara Ruto said the appointment of Dr Mabonga is effective February 29. Read Full...
moreThe government has started preparations to roll out the 2-6-6-3 curriculum to Grade 5 after publishers were asked to submit learning materials for evaluation. The Kenya Institute of Curriculum Development will evaluate and approve materials to be used for teaching and learning in schools. The CBC moves to Grade 5 next year. The new system...
moreThe pinnacle of the release of the 2019 Kenya Certificate of Primary Education (KCPE) results was not the naming of the top candidate, who scored 440 marks, but in the declaration by the Education Cabinet secretary, Prof George Magoha, that all the candidates had passed! And the government intended to have all of them in...
moreEducation Cabinet Secretary Prof. George Magoha has urged parents to embrace the Competency Based Curriculum. Magoha says unlike 8-4-4, the system is engineered to help learners identify their strengths and nurture their trade at an early age. Read Full Article
moreThe chief task of an education curriculum is this: to prepare learners for life, so that they can innovate solutions to the problems they may encounter in their day-to-day life. Learning must, therefore, be practical. Let’s borrow and adapt a Zen story to figure out how we can achieve this with the ongoing educational reforms....
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