A new petition by the Computer Science Teachers Association of Kenya (CSTAK) was tabled in the National Assembly on Thursday, October 9, urging urgent policy reforms to boost STEM education in Kenyan schools and address declining uptake.

• The petition warns that a reliance on single introductory coding tools in the Competency-Based Curriculum (CBC) is inadequate for advanced disciplines like AI and data science, and highlights unequal funding for STEM compared to co-curricular activities.
• Deputy Speaker Gladys Boss emphasized the petition's crucial nature for Kenya's future competitiveness, stating the nation risks falling behind in the Fourth Industrial Revolution without intervention.
• A recent report by Zizi Afrique Foundation and Usawa Agenda revealed that only 21% of teachers in public junior secondary schools are trained for STEM subjects, and 35% of schools lack a single STEM teacher.