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17th June, 2000

700 Students

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Competence Based Curriculum

At ERCEC, A curriculum that emphasizes the complex outcomes of a learning process (i.e. knowledge, skills and attitudes to be applied by learners) rather than mainly focusing on what learners are expected to learn about in terms of traditionally-defined subject content. In principle such a curriculum is learner-centred and adaptive to the changing needs of students, teachers and society.

In simple terms, the Kenyan Competency based Curriculum (CBC) is a new system of education designed by the Kenya Institute of Curriculum Development (KICD) team and launched by the ministry of education in 2017. The CBC is designed to emphasize the significance of developing skills and knowledge and also applying those competencies to real life situations.

7 Core competencies of CBC

The creators of the competency based curriculum envision that at the end of the learning period, ever learner should have achieved the following competences

  • Communication and collaboration
  • Critical thinking and problem solving
  • Imagination and creativity
  • Citizenship
  • Learning to learn
  • Digital literacy

CBC life values

At the end of the learning period the learner should have been molded to have the following values’;

  • Love
  • Responsibility
  • Respect
  • Unity
  • Peace
  • Patriotism
  • Integrity