Understanding Kenya’s CBC/CBE Transition: Grade 9 to Grade 10 1. Overview of CBC/CBE in Kenya - CBC (Competency-Based Curriculum) emphasizes mastery of skills, values, and attitudes over rote learning. - CBE (Competency-Based Education) operationalizes CBC by aligning learning outcomes with real-world competencies. - Learners progress through Early Years, Middle School, Junior Secondary (Grades 7–9), and Senior Secondary (Grades 10–12). 2. Transition Framework: Grade 9 to Grade 10 - Assessment-Based Placement: - 60%: Kenya Junior Secondary Education Assessment (KJSEA) – summative exam at end of Grade 9. - 20%: School-Based Assessments (SBAs) from Grades 7 & 8. - 20%: Kenya Primary School Education Assessment (KPSEA). - Pathway Selection: - Learners choose from three career pathways: - STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics) - Arts & Sports Science - Social Sciences - School...
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Short story Episode I: Hope for Tomorrow
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etter tomorrow. Episode 1: A Prayer for Tomorrow The cry that announced Nduta ’s arrival into the world was just one more sound in a small, mud-walled home already brimming with the lives of seven other children. She was the last, the final comma in a long family sentence written in the ink of poverty in their small village near Ruiru . The red soil of Kiambu County gave them sustenance, but never enough to get ahead. At sixteen, Nduta was a girl caught between two worlds. In one, she was a Form Two student , her mind filled with the complexities of algebra and the shared whispers of her classmates. In the other, a secret was growing within her, a silent, terrifying truth that soon swelled her belly and forced her to trade her school uniform for the loose-fitting dresses of her mother. Her education, the fragile bridge to a different life, had crumbled. When the labour pains began, sharp and relentless, there were no frantic preparations for a trip to the hospital. There was simply n...