Why Maths Could Soon Have Greater Significance in Classrooms
A petition has been filed affecting STEM subjects...
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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.
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Kenyatta University Tops Ranking as Efforts Focus on Student Support and STEM Reform - October 2025
Kenyatta University has outperformed the University of Nairobi for the second consecutive year in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings, published on Thursday, October 9. In primary and secondary education, over 3,000 learners in 15 schools within Kisumu West Constituency received psychosocial support ahead of national exams. This initiative was launched by the State Department for Children Services and the Child Welfare Society of Kenya (CWSK). Concurrently, a new petition was tabled in the National Assembly on October 9 by the Computer Science Teachers Association of Kenya (CSTAK), which urges policy reforms to boost STEM education in schools and address declining uptake.
