By Agnes Orang’o
Students with special needs are greatly benefiting from the competence-based curriculum, according to Ann Mukola, Headteacher at St. Mary’s Primary School.
Speaking to Education News she said students were enjoying the curriculum compared to the one being phased out.
Mukola noted that most of it is practical work, this being easier for the students who find it hard to do classwork, adding that their talents are also nurtured through co-curricular activities.
“It’s full of skill and I can say for sure that CBC is the best curriculum for students with special needs,” she said.
“The systems, 8.4.4 and CBC are almost the same but the approach is different and because with CBC most of the things are done in class it’s very easy and welcoming to the students. We are seeing change in most of the students living with disability,” added the Headteacher.
However, Mukola noted that schools from rural areas were being disadvantaged by the system thus encountering challenges in the curriculum.
“Sometimes there is network problem and most of the work the learners need to google and research, the challenges are the same even for the disabled children in rural areas,” she added.
Mukola urged parents with kids with special needs to ensure they acquire education.
