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This decision was challenged by among others,
Such trainers are mainly revolving chairs policy
the president of the Institution of Engineers of
makers who usually sit in their offices after
Kenya, Eng Shammah Kiteme.
conducting training for not more than three days.
Eng Kiteme noted that mathematics education
Due to inadequate training, a majority of Early Grade
is a foundational pillar for nurturing future
Education feel challenged in designing and preparing
engineers and innovators.
a CBC test.
Such a decision signifies the knee-jerk policies
It is for this reason that most teachers rely on
that are being made by the policy makers,
commercial exams that are set by vendors.
further adding to the many other challenges
Its important to note that these commercial exams
facing the CBC implementation in Kenya.
are set to cover topics and not to test competencies.
Inadequate teachers training in the new
Its inadequate training of teachers that leads them to
curriculum
is
implementation
a
of
major
CBC.
challenge
The
in
the
give end of lessons exams to grade students which is
training
of
a great discrepancy from what the CBC entails.
teachers for CBC has been conducted using
The
other
major
challenge
facing
the
CBC
the cascade model where the master trainers
implementation is inadequate teaching and learning
are drawn from KICD, KNEC, TSC, KISE and
resources.
KEMI. The problem with this kind of training is
Instructional materials are the basic channel of
that the trainers are hardly people who interact
conveying information in the classroom.
with the learners on the ground.
Over 60 third-year students from Chuka University in Meru County when they visited the Kenya Institute of Curriculum Development for an educational
tour.
The KICD has constantly delayed the availability of textbooks, some coming late into the term when learners
have already transitioned to the next grade. This leaves the teachers in dilemma on what to use as
instructional material.
For example, at the beginning of this year, the KICD announced that textbooks for learners in Grades 5-8
would be delayed as the books were undergoing corrections at the KICD and would be in the market by end
of January and others in February.
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