According to Dr. Belio Kipsang, the PS for Basic Education, the government has integrated co-curricular component into the CBC curriculum. While addressing the 96th Kenya Music Festival Gala held in Eldoret, Dr. Kipsang reaffirmed that the Kenya Competency-Based Curriculum incorporated activities such as sports, drama, music, dance, and elocution. Activities have been factored into the curriculum to ensure their teaching and assessment.
Within the CBC framework, there exist three specialized pathways which learners can pursue, thus catering even for those interests in sports and creative arts, whereby one can study and be evaluated. Dr. Kipsang emphasized that co-curricular activities complemented classroom experience and contributed to the students’ intellectual, emotional, social, moral, and artistic dimensions.
It was a real showcase of rich cultural heritage with participation by over 130,000 from different educational institutions countrywide. The event, that winds up with a State Concert, was a showcase of traditional musical instruments that underscored the rich traditions of various communities in Kenya.
On the other hand, Dr. Kipsang revealed that the government is really paying much attention to creative arts because it has the capacity to allow many Kenyans with artistic talents to have an income stream. Again, applause was received by the festival from Professor Frederick Ngala, Chairman of the Kenya Music Festival, who thanked the government for support given to the arts from grass root to national level.
Among these attending were major education stakeholders, such as the CEO of Equity Bank, Dr. James Mwangi, and the chief executive of KICD, Prof. Charles Ong’ondo.