The adoption of the recent task force report on Competency Based Curriculum by the Kenyan Government under the stewardship of His Excellency President Uhuru Kenyatta is timely. The report encapsulates the key issues and related recommendations that will enhance effective implementation of the Competency Based Curriculum (CBC) reforms as stipulated in the Basic Education Curriculum Framework (KICD, 2017), Competency Based Assessment Framework and respective curriculum designs and programmes. The recommendations, policies and guidelines must not be kept under the carpet nor enforced partially. Further, some programmes in the Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) sector have adopted Competency Based Teacher Education (CBET) which is closely aligned to the CBC approach; these are good proposals if implemented to the latter. The efforts move further by ensuring that TVET students stand eligible for educational funds from the government and higher education loans board.

Source: The Star February 23, 2021 05:03 UTC