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Kenya's new Competency Based Curriculum (CBC) focuses on four key skills, called the four C's:
The four C's were chosen to help students thrive in a changing, digital world. Every subject taught as part of CBC is linked to these four skills. No matter what class students find themselves in, they will be building one or more of the four C's.
They were chosen to fix the shortcomings of the previous education system in Kenya. The four C's build soft skills in students, they improve self-learning and self-efficacy, they emphasize ethics and morality to create strong citizens, and they promote creativity for a changing, digital world.
We work together to speak and realize shared goals.
In the past, Kenyan education has focused so much on exams and performance, that working with others fell by the wayside. The new curriculum reforms by KICD put soft skills at the front of the line. Technological progress means that we're more connected than ever, meaning that soft skills are more important than ever.
We observe, evaluate and reason to find solutions.
Before CBC, Kenyan students crammed for exams, memorizing new and old information alike as if it were the key to success. In the 21st century, knowledge of facts doesn't matter much. Now what matters is knowing how to learn new skills, find new information when needed and solve problems where others cannot.
We value our community and act with respect for all.
In 2010, The Task Force on Realignment of Education to the Kenya Constitution recommended CBC, in part because the Kenya Constitution called for ethical intervention. Chapter 6 of the Kenya Constitution, The Leadership and Integrity Act, brought new ethical regulation to the government of Kenya. For a democratic republic to function, the citizens much follow an ethical and moral code. Citizenship is a focus of CBC to create a more unified and holistic nation.
We are free to think differently, to create new and valuable things.
The world is changing. In the past, proper direction, hard work and consistency were the main keys to success. But today, creativity and innovation play a larger role. A growing number of jobs are digital and remote, and it has become easier than ever to start an internet business, serving a market on the other side of the planet. Preparing students for the future means opening their mind to new possibilities that don't even exist today.
TechLit Africa's mission is to teach digital skills to unlock global opportunities for students in rural Africa. In rural Kenya, there are more opportunities available online than there are anywhere locally. The four C's of CBC are designed to prepare students for the very opportunities that TechLit was started to unlock.
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