Kenyan universities have been given a three-year ultimatum to overhaul their teaching methods to align with a new competency-based education system. This transition is crucial as the first cohort of students educated under this system will enter university in 2029.

• An estimated 1.13 million learners from the Competency-Based Education system are expected to join universities by 2029.
• Key figures include Prof Isaiah Wakindiki, Vice Chancellor of KCA University, and Prof Anne Kisilu, Dean of the School of Education, Arts and Social Sciences, who proposed the Competency Transformation Model.
• The shift demands moving from recall-based examinations to performance-based tasks, and a transformation of lecturer roles from subject experts to facilitators and mentors.