New Unit Established By Ruto’s Education Reforms Taskforce To Take Over Textbooks Procurement From KICD
New Unit Established By Ruto’s Education Reforms Taskforce To Take Over Textbooks Procurement From KICD. According to a report submitted to President Ruto by the Presidential Task Force on Education Reforms (PWPER), the School Equipment Production Unit (SEPU) will take over the role of the Kenya Curriculum Development Institute (KICD) in the production and distribution of textbooks. To public school
As a result, KICD will focus on only two main functions: creating curriculum plans and reviewing manuscripts for book publishers. On the other hand, SEPU will be responsible for the procurement operations.
In addition, the PWPER report suggests reorganizing SEPU and renaming it the Schools’ Teaching and Learning Materials Center (SLIMC) to better articulate its growing mission.
PWPER advises: “(SLIMC) shall establish itself in the Education Constitution and expand its mandate to include the provision and distribution of teaching and learning materials; This function should be transferred to organized September.
The report also recommends high-quality training for publishers and digital content producers in the field of content production, which SLIMC is responsible for. KICD currently assumes this role.
The SLIMC consists of various members including representatives from the Department of Basic Education, KICD, Kenya National Examinations Council, Kenya Teacher Training College, National Treasury and Private Schools Association.
There have been discussions about increasing funding for basic education per learner at all levels of education. This means that SLIMC has more control over the budget for educational materials, including books.
The quotas for each student are as follows: pre-primary education is 1,125 shillings, primary education is 1,808 shillings, middle school is 5,826 shillings and high school is 7,844 shillings.
The PWPER report also recommends changing the number of approved books the government can provide for school supplies.
KICD usually selects one book for each subject based on technical score and price.
Ensure that the top two textbooks evaluated by KICD are provided to every public school and strengthen KICD’s ability to publish textbooks in areas where textbook publishers do not.
New Unit Established By Ruto’s Education Reforms Taskforce To Take Over Textbooks Procurement From KICD