Education PS Has Announced Implementation of Education Reforms
Kenya is getting ready to implement new educational reforms under the guidance of the Presidential Working Party on Education Reforms, according to Dr. Belio Kipsang, Principal Secretary for Basic Education.
The 2010 Kenyan Constitution, which demands that everyone have access to inclusive, equitable, and high-quality educational opportunities, is in line with the reforms, according to him.
In addition, Article 53(1)(b) of the Kenyan Constitution guarantees every child in the country the right to a free and compulsory basic education.
“We are confident that once the Working Party’s final report is officially released, our country will have a firm basis upon which to keep the CBC implementation in the right trajectory,” the PS declared.
The PS gave a speech at the recent Nairobi 4th African Curriculum Association Conference hosted by the Kenya Institute of Curriculum Development (KICD).
He stated his happiness with the present reception of the Competency Based Curriculum (CBC), a new curriculum that has garnered a lot of criticism since its inception.
The three days of this conference’s discussions, from what I’ve been told, focused on the transition to a competency-based curriculum.
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The experiences of different nations with relation to the CBC, as they related to this Conference, as they were discussed, he continued, “pointed to robust efforts towards Africanization of various aspects of the curriculum.”
Belio praised the conference’s planners for giving the participants the chance to discuss their experiences, victories, and challenges in the education sector(s) of the African continent.
This has aided in providing strategies and solutions that may be used to collaboratively address the issues facing the continent as we endeavour to promote the education agenda. He said.
According to SDG 4, African nations should focus on creating curricula that encourage learner competencies rather than memorization. African governments should also make sure that everyone has equitable access to education and learning opportunities.
Education PS Has Announced Implementation of Education Reforms
The relevance of including native languages, native knowledge, and native technologies in the curriculum shouldn’t be undervalued in Africa.
