The Cabinet has approved legislative changes restructuring the Kenya Institute of Curriculum Development (KICD) to clarify its mandate and eliminate institutional overlaps.
Cabinet pointed out that the Bill “limits the Institute’s mandate to basic and teacher education and restructures its Board to eliminate overlaps.”
The Kenya Institute of Curriculum Development (Amendment) Bill, 2024, realigns the Institute’s function to focus on basic and teacher education.
The cabinet, during its monthly meeting held on Tuesday, February 10, 2026, at the State House, Nairobi, chaired by President William Ruto, noted that the reforms are intended to “resolve overlaps with sector regulators,” thus enhancing coordination and accountability.
Curriculum reform is aligned with teacher training under this new structure, and this restructuring aims to improve coherence acrossin the the education sector.
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The Cabinet stated that the reforms “align governance, assessment, financing, curriculum, teacher training, and qualifications,” thereby strengthening system-wide consistency.
The changes form part of a broader rationalisation agenda.
The Cabinet further stated that the reforms aim to “eliminate long-standing duplication, overlaps, and inefficiencies across the sector,” particularly in curriculum governance.
By Joseph Mambili
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