The Kenya Institute of Curriculum Development (KICD) has outlined the official lesson distribution framework for Senior School learners under the Competency-Based Curriculum (CBC), detailing how learning time will be allocated across core subjects,electives and additional learning components.

Each lesson will last 40 minutes with learners undertaking 40 lessons per week.

Each learner at the Senior School will have four mandatory subjects aimed at strengthening foundational competencies.

Core Subjects

1.English – 5 lessons

2.Kiswahili – 5 lessons

3.Essential Mathematics / Core Mathematics – 5 lessons.

4.Community Service Learning (CSL) – 3 lessons.

Elective Subjects

Students will choose three elective courses depending on the interests, capabilities, and career opportunities:

Elective 1 – 5 lessons

Elective 2 – 5 lessons

Elective 3 – 5 lessons

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Other Learning Components

To support holistic development, KICD has included complementary learning areas:

1. Physical Education – 3 lessons

2. ICT Skills – 2 lessons

3. Instruction Pastoral Programme Instruction (PPI) – 1 lesson.

4. Learner Personal/Group Study – 1 lesson.

Total Weekly Lessons:

Total number of lessons per week: 40

Key Notes on Implementation

The Physical Education program will offer every learner the chance to attain physical fitness, enhance socio-emotional skills, and lead healthy lifestyles.

Learners are supposed to develop teamwork, discipline, and well-being through the organized physical activities.

All learners will be provided with ICT skills to make learning and enjoyment easy.

These competencies are the access to and creation of digital content, encouragement of responsible digital citizenship, and the maintenance of ICT devices.

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The teachers will be required to incorporate the use of ICT skills in the teaching of the lessons to increase the interest of the learners and subsequent learning outcomes.

All schools will be providing Pastoral Programme Instruction (PPI) in order to improve moral, spiritual, and character building of the learners.

The programme is meant to help educate the learners on making responsible decision-making, developing positive values, and developing respect towards themselves and others in the school fraternity.

Personal or group study will take a lesson per week, enabling learners to expand their knowledge and improve their skills in the areas of their interests.

This period promotes self-directed or independent study, teamwork, and learning.

KICD noted that the distribution of lessons is in such a way that there is a balanced curriculum that fosters academic excellence, practical skills, and values-based learning.

The framework enables schools to support the various learner pathways of different types of learners by integrating the core learning areas with the electives and the supportive programmes without compromising the national standards.

It also provides the schools with flexibility in implementation, and at the same time, learners get adequate contact time across all learning areas.

The lesson distribution framework reflects KICD’s broader goal of preparing learners for higher education, the workforce, and responsible citizenship as stipulated by the Competency-Based Curriculum.

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