The government moved to introduce the Community of Practice (CoP) model, to the Curriculum for Junior Secondary schools.
Through the Centre for Mathematics, Science and Technology Education in Africa (CEMASTEA), the government spearheaded the changes in a bid to improve the collaboration between learners and teachers.
According to CEMASTEA, the CoP model is aimed at providing a means through which, teachers and students from different schools can collaborate to achieve goals.
George Kiruja, the program's coordinator made the announcement as he was speaking in Kisumu during a training for County Trainers for JS teachers drawn from 15 counties in Nyanza, Western and North Rift regions.
Kiruja further emphasised that the project will provide a platform for sharing resources, feedback and strategies
“The idea is to help teachers work as a community. The model promotes peer learning, exchange of best practices, and collaborative problem solving, providing a platform for teachers to share insights, resources, and strategies for delivering the CBC effectively,” Kiruja explained.
More details reveal that CEMASTEA aims to establish CoPs at all Junior Schools across the country for improved learning outcomes.
Later, this will build on the establishment of regional clusters and subject-specific clusters to enable teachers to deploy innovative approaches to specific subjects.
CEMASTEA, also added that they had developed a portal through which the teachers can share their challenges to facilitate targeted pieces of training for the teachers.
Teachers were further encouraged to collaborate through face-to-face interactions and through online social media channels.
CBC has faced elements of criticism with one being that there are subjects within the curriculum which do not have teachers qualified to handle them.
One such subject is the Visual Arts, Performing Arts, Sports and Physical Health Education (P.H.E), a combination of five former subjects, which have since been collapsed into one.
Another area where religious groups have raised questions concerns the nature of content in CBC books with some allegedly pushing the same-sex relationships agenda.
The leaders have criticised this stating that it is a pathway to introduce the narrative to the young minds.
