Ministry of Education in collaboration with KICD hosts 4th African Curriculum Association (ACA) Conference

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Nairobi, Kenya July 24…African States have been asked to design curricula that will not only enable African youth to work but empower them to be creative, youths are the agent of change and with a relevant curriculum in the 21st Century, it is feasible to drive the continent to greater heights.

The three-day conference brings together countries including Chad, Benin, Uganda, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, Rwanda, Burundi, Congo Brazzaville, Gambia, Eswatini, Liberia, Malawi, Mali, Niger, South Sudan, among others

Participants at the fourth African Curriculum Association (ACA) Conference in Nairobi heard how the continent is lagging behind because of outdated or inappropriate learning content that hardly helps human capital formation optimize performance.

“When I taught in the US before joining politics at home, I observed the gaps that were there between our system and that of the US and I picked positive lessons that I used for establishing model classes in Ghana,” said Ghana Minister for Education Hon. Dr Yaw Osei Adutwum

Mr. Osei, who doubles as the Chair of the ACAC founded in 2018 said for African people to prosper, competency-based approaches are the way to go

furthermore, CS for Education Mr. Ezekiel Machogu through her speech read by PS Dr. Beatrice Inyangala in his absence
noted that African governments have faced myriad problems in implementing curricula terming the theme of the conference timely, He further asked participants to put their best foot forward in coming up with solutions as they cross fertilise ideas from different countries.

Dr. Beatrice Inyangala, the Principal Secretary of, the State Department for Higher Education and Research, Ministry of Education noted that Kenya was at the dawn of economic takeoff and that the new curriculum is geared towards equipping students with skills that are readily required in the market adding that she insisted teachers must strive to be creative in their teaching to capture the imagination of learners

“I recommend that educators generally and curriculum developers in particular need to engage in robust contextual analyse and map strategies for navigating them to enhance the acceptability, ownership and support for the curricula with ultimate focus on learning for sustainable futures, “said Prof Charles Ong’ondo KICD Executive director

“We are currently on our Seventh Grade and currently formulating content for Senior secondary,” added Prof.Ong’ondo

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