The government has embedded outside classroom learning activities and experiences into the education of children, The Principal Secretary (PS) for Basic Education, Dr Belio Kipsang has said.
Belio said that co-curricular activities such as sports, drama, music, dance and elocution will be taught and examined under the Competence Based Curriculum (CBC) education reforms the government is undertaking.
He said that under CBC, the curriculum has provided three pathways where learners with ability and interest will get an opportunity to study and be examined in sports and creative activities.
The PS made the remarks during the 96th Kenya National Music Festival (KMF) Gala concert held at Moi Girls High School in Eldoret, Uasin Gishu County.
Belio noted that co-curricular activities enrich and supplement classroom learning, adding that the activities promote the growth of diverse mental and personality dimensions, including intellectual, emotional, social, moral and artistic development.
The Gala, which attracted over 130,000 learners from pre-primary to university education and training institutions, will be concluded at the State Concert in Eldoret on Friday.
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Belio said that the Kenya Music Festival provided an opportunity for appreciation of the different and complementary cultures that make up Kenya as a nation.
He said the exhibition of traditional music instruments during the festival exposed participants to the different musical instruments different communities had invented to celebrate life through music and dance.
Belio noted that the Government has placed a lot of emphasis on the creative to enable Kenyans with artistic and creative prowess to earn from their artistic products.
The Chairman, Kenya Music Festival, Professor Frederick Ngala thanked the government for supporting the activity, right from the sub-county to national levels.
In attendance was the Chief Executive Officer of Equity Bank, Dr. James Mwangi, the Chief Executive of the Kenya Institute of Curriculum Development (KICD), Prof. Charles Ong’ondo and education officials from across the country.
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