Basic Education Principal Secretary Belio Kipsang has announced that mathematics will no longer be a compulsory subject for learners.
Speaking to KTN PS Kipsang confirmed that in the new Competency Based Curriculum (CBC) maths will no longer be compulsory unlike in the 8-4-4 education system.
However, students must take English or Kenya Sign Language, Kiswahili, Physical Education, and Community Service Learning as mandatory subjects.
“This will affect learners transitioning to senior school when they return to school in their second term,” he said
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“We are giving them time to go home so that parents and learners can consult on what they wish to pursue. The selection process will begin immediately when they return to school,” he said.
Students will be tasked with choosing other subjects from 38 other academic subjects to shape their career pathways.
Additionally, the Ministry of Education proposed that during grade 9 placement, there will be a limiting number to a maximum of 5 learners who will be placed in the same school.
Dr Kipsang argued that this will promote and encourage diversity.
STEM Education Model
The Ministry of Education rolled out the Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) education as an applied and inter-disciplinary curriculum.
Consequently, students will choose from three major academic pathways, which will include, Computer science, engineering and the sciences
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Academic Pathways
Arts and Sports Science comprises of Fine Arts, Music and Dance, Theatre and Film, Physical Education, Sports, and Recreation in the first pathways.
Additionally, learners can choose from the second pathway in Social Sciences, which includes Business Studies, History and Citizenship, Geography, and Christian Religious Education (CRE).
At the same time Islamic Religious Education (IRE), Hindu Religious Education (HRE), Community Service Learning (CSL), and Languages and Literature subjects.
The third pathway, Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) shall include Pure Sciences, Mathematics, Biology, Chemistry, Physics, and General Science.
Furthermore, applied Sciences include Agriculture, Computer Science, Home Science, and technical studies.
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8-4-4 Education System
Before the new CBC education system, the 8-4-4 system had three compulsory subjects that are Mathematics, English and Kiswahili.
Additionally, students were to choose only two sciences from Chemistry, Physics, and Biology.
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