Education in Kenya should;
1. Foster nationalism, patriotism and promote national unity.
Though Kenya’s people belong to different communities, races and religions, they must be able to live and interact as Kenyans.
It is a paramount duty of education to help the youth acquire a sense of nationhood by promoting positive attitudes of mutual respect and remove conflicts. This will enable them to live together in harmony.
Kenya should also foster patriotism in order to make a positive contribution to the nation.
2. Promote the social, economic, technological and industrial needs for national development
Education in Kenya should produce citizens with skills, knowledge, expertise and personal qualities that are required to support a growing economy which is need of adequate domestic manpower.
On technological and industrial needs, education should produce learners with the necessary skills and attitudes for industrial development.
Curriculum should include learning activities that enable children to acquire basic technological knowledge, skills
and attitudes. These skills include exploration, discovery, initiative and creativity.
3. Promote individual development and self-fulfillment
The curriculum should provide opportunities for learners to identify their abilities and talents and apply them in their daily lives for individual and societal fulfillment.
Curriculum development should integrate the learners’ needs, group needs and provide experiences for individual development and self fulfillment.
It should identify children’s needs individually and in groups and provide learning experiences that enable them to develop to their fullest.
4. Promote sound moral and religious values.
Moral and religious (Spiritual) values are necessary for a disciplined, reliable and responsible member of the society. It is the role of education, through the curriculum to provide opportunities for the acquisition and development of relevant knowledge, skills, and attitudes associated with sound morals and spiritual values.
The curriculum should instill in children religious and moral values such as patience, humility, love, respect for others, kindness and mercy.
The curriculum should not only focus on intellectual development of learners but it should also emphasize moral and spiritual development of the learner.
5. Promote social equality and responsibility
For a country to develop, its entire citizenry, irrespective of gender, race, ability or ethnic background, should be given an opportunity to contribute to its development.
Education through the curriculum, should promote equality and foster a sense of social responsibility in learners.
It should address social disparities and challenges that exist in the society to foster social equality.
Curriculum should be designed in such a way that children are provided with experiences that give them opportunity to be responsible.
It should also develop in them a sense that nobody should consider him/herself superior or more important than the others, based on his/her background, ability, religion, origin, tribe, or race.
6. Promote respect for and development of Kenya’s rich and varied culture.
Education through the curriculum should instill in the learners an understanding of past and present cultures and their valid place in the contemporary society.
The learners should also be able to blend and learn to accept the diversity of our cultural heritage and use this diversity to create a cohesive stable and modern society.
Curriculum development should identify the positive aspects of culture that should be transmitted to the learners and ignore negative ones.
Learners should be provided with varied activities and experiences to help them learn and appreciate their cultural heritage.
7. Promote international consciousness and foster positive attitudes towards other nations.
Kenya is part of the international community. Education therefore should lead the learners of a country to accept and strengthen memberships in the national community with all the obligations and responsibilities, rights, benefits that this membership entails.
8. Promote positive attitude towards good health and environmental protection
Education, through the curriculum, should inculcate in the learner the value of good health in order to avoid indulging in activities that may lead to physical or mental ill health.
It should also foster a positive attitude towards environmental development and conservation. It should help learners to appreciate the need for a healthy environment
Nicholas_Mutinda answered the question on August 27, 2018 at 10:11