Communication skills essential to holistic learning

Grade Four Pupils at Bidii Primary School in Nairobi in their classroom on January 4, 2020. [Stafford Ondego, Standard]

Among the capabilities basic education institutions are expected to develop in learners in the ongoing curriculum reforms, is the ability to communicate and collaborate. 

Communication and collaboration have been entrenched in the Basic Curriculum Framework, which is the blueprint for the seven core competencies or abilities that shall inform the educational experience of learners under the new education system.