Ministry of Education to revamp key department, says Belio
Ministry of Education is set to revamp the operations of the Quality Assurance and Standards department to enable it effectively coordinate and supervise compliance of schools with the established standards of education. Its approach is provided in a draft National Education Quality Assurance and Standards Framework for Basic Education Institutions (Neqasf) it has prepared through […]
Education: Teachers want sensitisation of parents on CBC fast-tracked
Noven Owiti and Clement Kamau @PeopleDailyKe The introduction of the Competency-Based Curriculum (CBC) has presented families with challenges as parents strive to adapt to the added responsibilities. CBC focuses more on learners’ talents and artistic capabilities in direct contrast to the 8-4-4 system, which is based on academic excellence. However, parents say the new syllabus […]
State now insists enough teachers trained for CBC
Reuben Mwambingu @reubenmwambingu More than 113,000 teachers from both public and private schools have so far been trained on the Competency-Based Curriculum (CBC). Teachers Service Commission (TSC) Chief Executive Officer Nancy Macharia says 90,806 tutors are from public schools and 22,417 from private schools. “A total of 113,223 teachers were trained in April 2019 in Early […]