Kenyan President William Ruto met with over 10,000 teachers at State House, Nairobi, to discuss the Competency-Based Education (CBE) curriculum and elevate the status of sports. Teachers praised the move to fully integrate sports as a recognized career pathway, moving beyond its previous extra-curricular status.

• President Ruto announced a revamped reward scheme for athletes, with gold medal winners in global athletics events now receiving KSh3 million, up from KSh750,000.
• The CBE curriculum introduces three pathways at the senior school level: Sports and Arts, Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM), and Social Sciences.
• The President pledged to intensify teacher recruitment efforts, aiming to improve the student-teacher ratio.