The Kenya Institute of Curriculum Development (KICD) has requested school heads that books utilized in schools for the new educational modules meet the required necessities.
This comes following turmoil that a few books circling in the market as being the Competency-Based Curriculum (CBC) are not affirmed. In an announcement to newsrooms on Sunday, KICD additionally encouraged guardians to affirm that the corresponding reading material they purchase for their kids is age fitting.
"Textbooks are important in curriculum delivery. They must be the right ones to ensure learners are not treated to misleading content,” said KICD director Dr. Julius Jwan. According to Dr. Jwan, some corrupt dealers may exploit acquaintance of the CBC to market substandard books.
"We are monitoring the situation, especially those inserting fake imprints on such books. But, all of us must remain vigilant to protect our children,” he added.
Dr. Jwan further uncovered that the origin of a portion of the books with unapproved content has been set up to be similar to Egypt, Ghana and USA.
The KICD manager said head instructors and guardians can allude to the addendum to Orange book for CBC, accessible on their site to discover the real course readings.
"The addendum contains approved books for pre-primary 1 and 2 and Grade 1, 2 and 3. On January 2, Education Cabinet Secretary Amina Mohamed directed education officers to confirm that only KICD approved are used in schools,” added the statement.