New curriculum no panacea to sector’s woes

Sister Beatrice Eunice Nabwire (left) in charge of the school and facilitator Odilia Shimuli (right) taking pupils of Lions nursery school through the new education curriculum in Kakamega (Photo: File| Standard)

Kenya is on the threshold of launching a new curriculum, the three-legged education framework which is anchored on a vision of values, theoretical approaches and guiding principles. 

The new curriculum that was conceptualised, designed and developed by Peter Hall Jones, a former British nursery school teacher turned motivational speaker, will from January next year replace the 8-4-4 system of education. Jones, who considers himself a pioneer of new ideas, change maker, natural story-teller and inspirational speaker guided the Kenya Institute of Curriculum Development in mapping out the new education framework dispensation.