By Kurian Musa The promise of Kenya’s Competency-Based Curriculum (CBC) was noble: nurture practical skills, creativity, critical thinking, and learner-centered education. It sought to move away from the rigid exam-oriented 8-4-4 system and instead produce learners capable of solving real-world problems. Yet, several years into implementation, many parents and caregivers are increasingly asking a difficult […]

By Wanjohi wa Makokha Our energetic republic  today is standing at an important turning point in education. The shift to Competency-Based Education (CBE) is not just a change in how students are tested. It is a deeper change in how we think about knowledge, skills, work, and the future. At the same time, the world […]

They tell the childchoose earlyname your talent at tenand carry it like a passport. They saythe West did it this wayas if history were a templateand hunger a choice. They forgetthose countries built safety netsbefore they taught children to walk the wire.There, falling is survivable. Here, the ground is hard. Our engineers steer motorcycles,their degrees […]

By Janet Nyanchoka Senator for Kisii, Richard Onyonka has welcomed the return of math as a senior school subject under the Competence Based Curriculum (CBC). The significant policy reversal was announced by Cabinet Secretary (CS) in charge of education, Julius Migos on Thursday. While making the U-turn, Migos said that learners will take math at […]