
Kenya, Finland Partner To Improve CBC
The Ministry of Education has joined forces with the Finnish government to improve the country’s Competence-Based Curriculum (CBC) in Kenya.
Partners from the industry are set for a four-day international conference on co-creating curriculum to boost industry innovation.
The conference’s theme is curriculum co-creation, training, policy development, and connecting education to industry.
During the conference’s official opening, Dr. Sara Ruto, Chief Administrative Secretary (CAS) Ministry of Education, stated that the delegates will engage in extensive discussions about curriculum, assessment, and the role of the teacher.
Ruto added that all key actors will attend the conference to discuss the important factors influencing curriculum implementation.
This happens as the government continues to implement reforms and cement the competence approach in the country.
Children will be transitioning from grade six to grade seven, and it has been a pivotal moment for the country since the Covid-19 outbreak when the curriculum was compressed.
She went on to say that the State Department of Curriculum Implementation was established to anticipate and tighten the thinking process of curriculum implementation.
One of the primary areas of focus for us is the construction of classrooms to ensure a smooth transition.
The government has also held discussions with a variety of actors, many of whom are said to have established institutions; capacity in existing schools has also been expanded,
The CAS assured the public that everything is under control because the government has spent years focusing on achieving 100 percent transition, and now the most important aspect is ensuring a seamless transition.

Kenya, Finland Partner To Improve CBC
Ruto also stated that there is a need for uniform quality across learning institutions
She noted that the Ministry has identified some equity markers to ensure that every school, regardless of location, has equal resources to other schools.
She said doing so, will allow for uniform curriculum implementation in every school.
She stated that the government has identified some schools, and the money given to the schools as capitation is supposed to ensure good learning by providing necessary facilities.
Ruto explained that increasing school equality is about providing more resources but also sharing information because most of the challenges can be resolved with a lot of community support from the private sector.
The Principal Secretary of State Department for University Education and Research stated that they have partnered with the Finnish government because it is very advanced in implementing the CBC system.
Finland has undergone several reviews and is perfectly serving the nation in terms of being transformative to the socio-economic development of the country.
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“We have partnered with them so that the best of their practices can be borrowed into our institutions and system of education,” said Nabukwesi.
Carita Prokki, director of Tampere University of Applied Sciences, stated that the Finnish government has collaborated with the Kenyan government to bring higher education students to Finland to study nursing, risk management, and physiotherapy under the Finnish educational system.