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Inclusivity/Special Needs 9. Courses Higher learning Institutions researcher, policy implementers)
Education: are yet to be aligned to CBC. 5. Active engagement of teachers
CBC has emphasis on mainstreaming 10. Attitude and resistant to change by in Professional Communities of
of learners and universal design for educators Practice
learning as indicated in the above 11. Low level parental engagement 6. Advocacy of CBC alignment
framework. and commitment to support the to Sustainable Development
learning process Goals(SDGs) and Vision 2030
Challenges being faced for 7. Instead of tablets for every learner,
effective implementation Suggestions for successful establish ICT well networked
of CBC. implementation of CBC centres in schools or shared
1. Lack of well trained teachers It is vital for us to embrace full facilities in every sub-county
on learner centred pedagogical implementation of CBC. The global 8. Invest more in day schools as
approaches, innovative assessment view on student learning require a more opposed to boarding schools
and ICT skills collaborative approach and innovative 9. Digitize some of the teaching and
2. Lack of trained teachers to facilitate stakeholder engagement. For us to learning resources for example
the newly introduced learning reap the benefits of CBC, the author course/reference books
areas suggests the following solutions for 10. Review and align courses in tertiary
3. Minimal resources to accommodate effective implementation of the new institutions to CBC
high numbers due to100% transition curriculum:
4. Low quality of public education 1. Continuous teacher professional Conclusion
due to poor teacher learner ratio. development on the 21st CBC adoption in Kenya gives the
Currently teacher learner ratio century pedagogies, innovative potential to the future generation on
in most primary and secondary assessment, reporting and research the establishment and attainment
schools stands at 1:80 and 1: 70 skills in education of competencies needed at the job
respectively 2. Regular (weekly/termly/bi-annually, market. The government should
5. No clarity yet on placement of annually) parental engagement envisage the proper implementation
junior secondary and empowerment of CBC in the classroom to enhance
6. Less public awareness on learner 3. Continuous advocacy and public the goals of the curriculum. CBC brings
career progression (Parental awareness on the benefits of Kenya’s education achievement to
Empowerment) Competency Based Education to the global bar on only if the required
7. Lack of enough teachers to handle the learners, parents, society and implementation is realized. Kenya
high numbers of learners. the country’s future economy and her citizens need to see CBC
8. Inequality in education based on 4. Creation of CBC ambassadors through the local and global lenses.
socio-economic status of Kenyans. (Parents, teachers, learners, Teachers should be involved in the
crucial stage of curriculum reform,
and their professional development is
developed satisfactorily for effective
implementation of CBC. Retraining
of teachers should be critical in every
curriculum adoption. More so, the
realignment of CBC into the world
view context should be maintained.
Any successful education programme
should answer the question>>>>how
should be the ideal citizen look like,
behave, act and most importantly is
the ideal citizen productive and self
fulfilled? The success of every individual
learner is basically the success of the
community. Ideal citizen should be
able to deal with common problems
like diseases, poverty, hunger, and
generally solve the socio-economic
challenges facing their communities.

Dr. Otundo is the Director Riara
Insitute and Head of Department
in School of Education at Riara
University.

EdSource Quarterly | Oct-Dec l 2021