The Ministry of Education has reduced subjects for lower and upper primary schools as recommended by the Presidential Working Party on Education Reform (PWPER). The report on the implementation of the Competency-Based Curriculum (CBC) was launched on August 1, 2023. The PWPER recommended that the Kenya Institute of Curriculum Development (KICD) rationalise the number of learning […]
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Kenya’s Competency Based Curriculum (CBC) received a shot in the arm through a partnership with the Finnish government to fund the retraining of teachers on the new syllabus. The partnership which is set to run until 2024, was made between the University of Helsinki, Laurea University of Applied Sciences and the University of Nairobi, Strathmore University […]
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The Ministry of Education has adjusted the 2023 school calendar, making changes to the duration of the national exams. According to a circular signed by Early Learning and Basic Education PS Belio Kipsang, students will break for half term from March 16 to March 19. Initially, the learners were to break on March 23 and […]
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Grade Seven learners, who began their junior secondary education this week, are studying more subjects and will be assessed differently compared to their 8-4-4 counterparts in Standard Seven. The 1.2 million students in Junior Secondary School (JSS) are studying 12 core subjects and two optional subjects, unlike the five for the Standard Seven pupils. The […]
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Mt. Kenya University Chairman Prof Simon Gicharu has commended the University Council and management for their efforts in enhancing access to quality education during the post Covid-19 era. Gicharu says the University has set up strategies to align its academic curricula with the CBC requirements in preparation of receiving CBC students in the near future. […]
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Kenya Institute of Curriculum Development (KICD) is racing against time to beat the January 2023 Junior Secondary School (JSS) roll-out timelines. Officials from KICD confirmed yesterday that they were working round the clock to develop curriculum designs and other learning materials for the Competency-Based Curriculum (CBC). Speaking at the ongoing primary school heads conference in […]
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All Grade 6 learners who completed their Kenya Primary School Education Assessment (KPSEA) last week on Wednesday will transition to Junior secondary schools (JSS) domiciled in the existing primary schools. Further, the just concluded national exam will not be used for placement to JSS but rather will be “used as an assessment to monitor learning […]
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You will give more of your earnings to the taxman if a proposal by a teachers union to introduce a new education levy to finance public education is adopted. The proposal by the Kenya National Union of Teachers (Knut) was made to the Presidential Working Party on Education Reforms (PWPER) that is collecting views from […]
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It emerges that President William Ruto has reversed Uhuru Kenyatta’s plan on CBC. This is after the Presidential Working Party on Education Reforms disregarded the earlier recommendations that were made by curriculum experts from the Kenya Institute of Curriculum Development (KICD) and the Kenya National Examinations Council (KNEC), as well as the Kenya Union of Post Primary Education Teachers (KUPPET) […]
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The 49-member Presidential Working Party on education reforms is currently at State House. The panel was set up to collect public views on the implementation of the Competency-based Curriculum and make recommendations. The team led by Chairman Raphael Munavu is briefing the president on the first preliminary report of their findings. An insider confirmed that […]
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