Planning and Implementation Tug Of War

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By Madaraka Katana Balancing planning and implementation is one of the most significant challenges faced by leaders in community-driven projects. I’ve come to understand this deeply through my personal journey, serving in dual roles as Operations Manager at RegisTree, a community-based waste management and composting enterprise, and Chairperson of Dabaso Youth for Green Future, a youth-led organization focused on environmental action and empowering sustainable livelihoods. From the outside, planning and implementation may look like two natural stages of a project. One lays the foundation, and the other builds on it. But in reality, these stages often conflict, overlap, or even clash, especially in a grassroots setup where time, support, and resources are thin. Where the Struggles Begin Sometimes, the greatest challenge lies in spending so much time planning that implementation never really begins. You draft strategies, create to-do lists, organize meetings, and map out grand visions, b...
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What You Need To Know About CBC

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They say if you want to destroy a country, destroy the system of education.
The kenyan system of education has been changed since independence as the relevance of it is changing overtime.
The 7-4-2-3 which was introduced in the year 1964 which was replaced by 8-4-4 in the year 1985.
With time, the 8-4-4 has turned irrelevant since it has produced more unskilled graduates not matching the number of jobs in the economy.
This is now being replaced by the CBC system of goverment with the 2-6-3-3-3 education cycle.
 
Overview of the CBC Levels of education

What is CBC and why was it Introduced in Kenya?


CBC is a system of education which emphasizes development of knowledge, skills and attitudes of the learners rather than what was traditionally taught in the past.
It was introduced in the year 2017 with piloting done in over 470 schools within the country.
It helps in nurturing the learner's abilities and strengths to fit in the fast growing economy of Kenya.
Home science skills emphasized

Art and craft skill being developed


Due to the irrelevance of 8.4.4 and the increased number of graduates Which does not match the jobs in the economy, the government introduced CBC which will produce independent citizens to create more employment opportunities in the society 

How many subjects are taught in CBC?

The system is divided into levels with different subjects taught under each level.
The subjects include:

Lower primary

English language activities
Shuhuli za Kiswahili
Mathematics activities
Environmental activities
Art and craft activities
Music activities
Hygiene and nutrition activities
Movement activities
Religious education activities 

Upper primary

English language activities
Shuhuli za Kiswahili
Mathematics activities
Social studies activities
Science and technology activities
Home science activities
Art and craft activities
Agriculture activities
Music activities
Physical and health education activities
Indigenous language activities
Religious education activities

The system compared to 8.4.4, it has assessment at the end of every level.
The subjects are taught in a way that it nurtures learners skills, abilities and values to the learners.
Agricultural skills developed


What are core competencies, partinent and contemporary issues and values in CBC?

Core competencies are capabilities and resources that constitute the defining strength.
They help to keep forcus on the objectives in implementation of the system.
The CBC has 7 core competencies which guides and helps in implementation of the curriculum
The core competencies in CBC include:
1. Communication and collaboration
2. Critical thinking and problem solving
3. Imagination and creativity
4. Citizenship
5. Learning to learn 
6. Self efficiency
 7. Digital literacy 
Digital literacy incorporated in the learning process


In relation to this, the CBC also covers partinent and contemporary issues which make education to the learners relevantto the needs of the society in the economy.
They help the learners understand the importance of people, events and issues in the society.
The PCIs as compared to the six which were coverd in 8.4.4, in CBC were reduced to four.
They include.
1. Global citizenship (peace, integrity and human rights)
2. Healthy (HIV/AIDS, Alcohol and drugs, lifestyle diseases)
3. Life skill and values (Life skill, and values and sexuality)
4. Social and economic issues (Environment, disaster risk, poverty radicalism, gender and animal welfare).
This gives the learner a know-how of the society they are in and be ready to face any situation they may be by themselves.
CBC learners participate in cleaning activities


Apart from the core competencies and partnent and contemporary issues, the system also train the learners how to be a responsible members in the society.
It does this by equiping the learners with relevant values that will enable their interaction with others in the society of benefit. Such values taught include:
Respect
Responsibility
Unity
Love
Cooperation
Partiotism
Integrity and
Peace
The CBC will instill values among the learners for positive development


Compared to 8.4.4, the CBC seem to be more advantageous to kenyans. Despite having some limitations but it guarantees responsible and competent citizens than 8.4.4.

Advantages of CBC compared to 8.4.4

1. It builds learners imagination and creativity as it is more of learner centered.
2. It expands learners opportunity as it nurtures learners ability hence able to create opportunities by themselves rather than depending on others.
Learners will be able to create opportunities from what is available locally


3. It also ensures parental empowerment as parents also become part of the learning process.
4. Through the partinent and contemporary issues, one builds their critical thinking and problem solving skills as they learn on what is happening in the society and are ready to face.
5. It is also digital based which help them to catch up with the fast growing digital world.
6. It also assesses learners in all abilities hence nurturing what the learners are capable of and make the learners also forcused on what they can do best not what the economy offers.

Despite all these advantages, the CBC has some few limitations or challenges which has also become a setback in its implementation in Kenya.

Challenges facing the CBC implementation in Kenya.

1. Lack of parental support as most parents are illitrate hence feel a burden on the task.
2. Lack of adequate resources in implementing the Curriculum. E.g. in digital litracy, a school needs to have computers which might be impossible in some schools.
3. Lack of digital skills by most teachers making it difficult to implement it.
Lack of digital skills among the teachers will be a challenge in implementing this curriculum


CBC has been the talk of the household with many people being against it but in reality CBC is the best system that will heal the kenyan economy on matters of unemployment. Civic education on this have to be done for all to understand it and embrace the change.

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  1. WARREN SAMBULI SHILOVELESaturday, June 18, 2022 at 7:57:00 PM GMT+3

    CBC is a Laborious curriculum.

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    1. BenjacksonSunday, June 19, 2022 at 9:08:00 AM GMT+3

      Yeah, laborious but it's end product is better than the simple 8:4:4. It creates responsible, creative and competent citizen hence the only solution for the stagnant Kenyan economic development

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