The Ministry of Education has partnered with the Finland government in a move to enhance the Competence Based Curriculum (CBC) in the country.
Delegates from the two countries are in a four day conference on co-creating the curriculum to increase innovation for the industry.
Speaking on Tuesday during the conference in Mombasa, Education Chief Administrative Secretary Sara Ruto said a lot of focus is on the curriculum, the place of assessment and the place of the teacher.
"As we know children will transition from grade six to grade seven and it has been a moment for the country since we had to recover from Covid-19 by compressing the curriculum,” she said.
She added that planning perspective and the infrastructure development process is very vital.
"One of the key things we are focusing on is the construction of classrooms to ensure a seamless transition. The government has also been talking with various actors, many of who are said to have established institutions; capacities in existing schools have also been expanded.”
Ruto noted that there is also a need for quality uniformity across learning institutions, adding that the ministry has identified some of the equity markers.
She said this will ensure every school, irrespective of its location has equal resources as other schools, which will allow the curriculum implementation to go on uniformly.
"Increasing equality among schools is about giving more resources but also sharing information because most of the challenges we have can actually be resolved with a lot of community support from the private sector,” Ruto stated.
She also noted that the government has identified some schools and the money that is given to the schools as capitation is supposed to ensure learning is done well through the provision of needed facilities.