CBE curriculum Stories

Government to use new AI system in placement of Grade 9 students to senior schools
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Oct 23, 2025

The AI-driven system is designed to promote equity and fairness by ensuring that all learners, regardless of their location, get equal chances of join...

TSC to send unemployed teachers overseas under new framework
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Oct 08, 2025

The framework outlines how teachers will be selected, matched with suitable openings, and deployed through formal agreements between Kenya and foreign...

KNEC directs schools to identify gifted Grade 9 students for senior school specialisation
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Sep 19, 2025

According to KNEC Chief Executive Officer David Njengere, the nomination process is intended to identify and place learners in the Arts and Sports Sci...

Education Ministry expands senior school curriculum, makes Mathematics compulsory subject
Lucy Mumbi  |  Aug 07, 2025

The updated framework now mandates Mathematics for all learners, while also introducing non-assessed subjects like Physical Education, ICT skills and...

Over 3,000 public schools face merger over low enrolment
Lucy Mumbi  |  Jul 20, 2025

Data from the exercise revealed that more than half of the country’s 9,750 secondary schools were not selected by incoming Grade 10 learners.

More than 50 per cent of secondary schools not selected by Grade 10 learners, PS Bitok reveals
Lucy Mumbi  |  Jul 17, 2025

Bitok disclosed that out of 9,750 secondary schools, over 5,000 failed to attract any of the 1.2 million learners transitioning to Grade 10.

Only four in 10 Grade 4 pupils can read Grade 3 English story, report shows
Lucy Mumbi  |  Jul 17, 2025

The report further reveals that three in every 10 Grade 6 learners across the country are unable to read and comprehend a Grade 3-level English story.

PS Carren Ageng'o calls for stronger child protection in ECD schools
Issa Hussein  |  Jul 16, 2025

PS Carren Achieng Ageng'o called for strengthening child care and safeguarding children from violence through an ecosystem that supports shaping the f...

Over 5,000 teachers in Kenya to receive AI and technology training for new senior school curriculum
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Jul 15, 2025

The rollout of the CBE curriculum will see secondary schools transition into senior schools, where teachers will be required to specialise in one of t...

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