School principals have been placed at the centre of implementing Competency-Based Education after the Teachers Service Commission raised concern that some teachers are still struggling with key parts of the new system, including designing learning tasks and understanding syllabus interpretation and learning outcomes.
TSC Acting Chief Executive Officer Evaleen Mitei said Kenya is going through a major shift in education and warned that the reforms cannot succeed through policy documents alone. She addressed the Meru Kenya Secondary Schools Heads Association conference in Mombasa through TSC Legal Director Cavin Anyuor.
“It requires transformative leadership to guide institutions with vision, courage and clarity. To succeed, we must re-imagine leadership anchored on the pillars of leading the attitude models curiosity, humility and continuous learning, gaps begin to close,” Ms Mitei said.
She further challenged school heads to reflect on their own understanding of the new system, warning that leaders who stopped learning under the 8-4-4 system risk being left behind in the current reforms.
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