2025 Intake Open University of Kenya
2025 Intake Open University of Kenya

Gilbert Ochieng

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Mr. Ochieng is a journalist based in Busia. He has 20 years of experience writing for diverse newspapers countrywide. He focuses on Agriculture, Health, Development and other Human Interest Stories.
Primary school pupils cleaning the environment as part of CBC. The new curriculum focuses on the 'how' aspect of doing things, shifting from the previous approach of 'what' should be done. PHOTO/Courtesy
When the Competency-Based Curriculum (CBC) education program, a new education system in Kenya, was introduced in 2017 to replace the 8-4-4 education system, it was fully embraced by all and sundry after being researched and developed by the Kenya Institute of Curriculum Development (KICD). The Competency-Based Curriculum, a core framework comprising four basic components namely curriculum and learning outcomes, class-based...
Father Chris Barasa. He served at St Carjetan's Sirimba Catholic Church in Bunyala Sub County of Busia County. Photo/COURTESY
Father Chris Barasa of St Carjetan's Sirimba Catholic Church in Bunyala Sub County of Busia County will remain deeply rooted in the mind of each parent who lacked the financial muscle to take their children to secondary school, vocational training centers, and or university. A majority of impoverished parents, majorly those from the flood-prone Budalangi constituency had been unable to...