CS Migos: Mathematics to Remain Compulsory Across All Senior School Pathways.
Nairobi — Education Cabinet Secretary (CS) Migos has declared that Mathematics will continue to be a mandatory subject across all senior school pathways under the Competency-Based Curriculum (CBC), subsequent to extensive consultations and feedback from stakeholders.
During a statement made on Tuesday, CS Migos disclosed that the majority of participants in the recent CBC dialogue supported the notion of Mathematics being a compulsory subject, emphasizing its fundamental significance in critical thinking and problem-solving across various disciplines.
“Most of the stakeholders during the CBC dialogue held the opinion that Mathematics should be obligatory in senior school,” remarked CS Migos. “We have taken your concerns into account, engaged with KICD, and arrived at a decision that some form of Mathematics shall be made compulsory for the other two pathways that are not STEM. ”
The CBC framework provides three senior school pathways: Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM); Social Sciences; and Arts and Sports Science. Up to this point, Mathematics was predominantly stressed within the STEM track.
This initiative is anticipated to standardize learning and ensure that all students, irrespective of their selected pathway, acquire essential numeracy skills relevant to everyday life and the contemporary workforce.
Additional information regarding the implementation and curriculum design for the non-STEM pathways will be made available by the Kenya Institute of Curriculum Development (KICD) in due course.