The Community of Practice (CoP) model has been incorporated into the junior secondary school curriculum by the government.
The government led the reforms through the Center for Mathematics, Science and Technology Education in Africa (CEMASTEA) in an effort to enhance student-teacher collaboration.
The CoP approach, according to CEMASTEA, aims to give teachers and learners from diverse schools a way to work together to accomplish goals.
The news was made in Kisumu during a training session for County Trainers for JS teachers from 15 counties in the Nyanza, Western, and North Rift regions by George Kiruja, the coordinator of the program.
Kiruja further emphasized that the project will offer a forum for exchanging ideas, suggestions, and tactics.
According to Kiruja, “The idea is to help teachers work as a community. The model promotes peer learning, exchange of best practices, and collaborative problem solving, providing a platform for teachers to share insights, resources, and strategies for delivering the CBC effectively.
Further information reveals that CEMASTEA wants to create Communities of Practise (CoPs) in every junior school in the nation to enhance learning results.
In the near future, this will expand upon the creation of subject-specific and regional clusters to help teachers implement cutting-edge methods for particular courses.
In order to enable teachers to receive specialized training, CEMASTEA also mentioned that they have created a portal where teachers may communicate about their challenges.
Teachers were additionally motivated to cooperate via in-person meetings and virtual social media platforms.
Some of the criticism directed on CBC has been that certain subjects in the curriculum are taught by unqualified teachers.
A good example of this is Physical Health Education (P.H.E.), which was formerly five different fields but was merged into one: Visual Arts, Performing Arts, Sports, and Physical Health Education.
The content of CBC publications has also drawn criticism from religious organizations, with some of them purportedly pushing the agenda for homosexual relationships.
The leaders have criticized this, claiming that it serves as a means of introducing the narrative to impressionable minds.
