Students of Marsabit girls during a past musical function. Schools in the county set to mark education day celebrations at the Catholic Diocese of Marsabit on Saturday. Photo: Ministry of Education.
Calls have been made to the national government to put resources towards the success of the new education curriculum Competence Based Education (CBE), in Marsabit County. The calls come as grade nine students are expected to join senior secondary schools starting January 2026.
The remarks were made by Education Secretary at the Catholic Diocese of Marsabit Father Abraham Ali, who further said the new education system CBE still has so many challenges that requires further pumping of resources by the government.
“The government itself is not prepared enough for this transition of CBE. Even though the transition has started, resources including CBE compliant teachers are not enough. The main challenge in this transition is resources, there is also little understanding by stakeholders, teachers and parents. It has kicked off, we are there but we do not have enough resources,” Father Abraham stated.
Speaking with journalists, Abraham said that the ministry of education should create awareness among educational stakeholders and students, to have a deeper understanding of the pathways they will be choosing as they set to join grade 10 in the senior secondary school.
“We are talking about transition from junior to senior school, I would urge the government to create awareness to parents, as while choosing the pathways, the parents are involved. Unfortunately when the parents are called upon to talk on pathways they do not understand. The government should create awareness to make them understand what CBE is all about and the pathways to proceed to senior school,” he urged.
Abraham further stated that the cut on education in the proposed budget 2025/2026, will affect the education sector, including employment of teachers by Teachers Service Commission (TSC), and other crucial activities in schools.
“If they want this new curriculum to be implemented and be successful, they should allocate enough money to the ministry of education and TSC for them to train more teachers and for the ministry to give enough money to the schools for this CBE transition,” he said.
His sentiments come as the county is set to mark education day on Saturday, at the Catholic Diocese of Marsabit with more than 27 schools sponsored by the diocese expected to attend, as well as other schools from other regions.
“We are coming together so that together we can celebrate the success of the school and see how we can bridge the transition gap, by students to understand the pathways they will choose in grade 10 as well as challenges faced by the schools,” he explained.
In further bridging the transition gap, on Thursday, May 29, Concern Worldwide donated science based equipment to Junior Secondary Schools (JSS), in preparation of the transition to 25 junior schools within Marsabit County, for students to be exposed to the equipment in the STEM pathway.
