Syllabus Designs for Senior High Ready, KICD
The Kenya Institute of Curriculum Development (KICD) has said that curriculum designs for senior secondary schools under the Competency Based Curriculum (CBC) have been developed.
KICD Director Prof Charles Ong’ondo said that there is no cause for alarm as far as transitioning to senior secondary schools is concerned, assuring that the process will be smooth.
“As KICD, our key contribution to im- implementation of senior secondary school is the development of curricula and I can as- sure the nation that as we talk now, the curricula for senior school have been developed. The curriculum design for Grade 10, 11 and 12 are ready for implementation,” said Ong’ondo yesterday.
He made the remarks on the sidelines of the fourth African Curriculum Association (ACA) conference, being held at KICD, with participants drawn from the continent including Ghana Education Minister Dr Yaw Osei Adutwum.
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According to Ong’ondo, KICD is currently in the phase of developing curriculum support materials, which include books, electronic materials including digital materials
“We have already called for Grade 9… We normally ask publishers to submit and right now they have submitted for Grade 10 and by May next year, we will have all books and electronic materials available,” he explained.
Saying that they are better prepared for senior school, Ong’ondo said teachers are also being prepared to better handle this higher level of CBC.
“We have started preparing our teachers towards this and we believe that a year ahead of the implementation of CBC at senior school we will be ready with all the materials, designs and teachers trained… this time we are better prepared,” he affirmed. And added: “In collaboration with TSC, we are training teachers. We also quickly want to explain that all the teachers we are training are qualified to teach senior schools anywhere in the world but we are reorienting them so that they are able to do pedagogy, content, and creativity better.”
Currently, CBC implementation is at Grade 7, which means that there are only two years left to transition to senior school. Education Cabinet Secretary, Ezekiel Machogu said in a speech presented on his behalf by Higher Learning and Research Principal Secretary, Beatrice Inyangala urged countries to ensure inclusive and equitable education as well as lifelong learning opportunities for all.
Machogu noted that the ACA conference comes at an opportune time as they deliberate on curricula, teacher education, assessment and the place of technology in today’s education space.
“The shift to competency-based education, modernising teacher education and redefining the place of assessment in the teaching and learning process form key discourses in the education reform agenda,” said the CS.
“The shift to competency-based education, modernising teacher education and redefining the place of assessment in the teaching and learning process form key discourses in the education reform agenda,” said the CS.
He noted that a substantially high number of children and adolescents are still out of school with the most vulnerable being those in difficult circumstances.
According to the 2022 UNESCO global education monitoring report, about 244 million children and youth aged 6 to 18 are out of school with Sub-Saharan Africa having one of the highest rates (40.16 per cent), accounting for 98 million learners.
Similarly, he said the Covid-19 pan- demic precipitated a global learning crisis and according to the 2022 Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) report, over 147 million missed in-person instructions and an estimated 24 million learners may never return to school.
