Ministry of Education makes u-turn on Mathematics not being compulsory subject
The Ministry of Education has announced that Mathematics will be reinstated as a compulsory subject in Senior Secondary school.
The Ministry of Education has announced that Mathematics will be reinstated as a compulsory subject in Senior Secondary school.
Speaking on Thursday, April 24, during the National Conversation on the Competency-Based Curriculum, Education Cabinet Secretary Julius Ogamba said some form of Mathematics will be made compulsory in all three pathways offered in Senior School.
The Education CS noted the government reached the decision after consultations with stakeholders and the Kenya Institute of Curriculum Development (KICD).
“The majority of the stakeholders during the CBC dialogue were of the view that Mathematics as a subject should be compulsory in senior school. We have listened to your concerns, consulted with KICD, and reached a resolution that some form of mathematics be made compulsory for the other two pathways that are not STEM,” Ogamba announced.
According to CS Ogamba, the students under the STEM pathway will have pure mathematics, while the other students taking the other two pathways will have some form of maths.
“The STEM pathway will have pure Maths while the other two pathways will have a form of Maths so that we have Maths in all three pathways in senior school,” he added.
The U-turn by the Ministry of Education comes weeks after it announced that mathematics is an optional subject in senior secondary.
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On March 19, CS Ogamba explained that CBC differs significantly from the 8-4-4 system, which is being phased out.
He pointed out that mathematics was compulsory in the STEM pathway, while students pursuing Arts or Social Sciences may opt out of Mathematics if it is not essential for their chosen careers.
The decision sparked uproar from Kenyans and leaders who said the move to drop Maths as a mandatory subject could impact Kenya’s workforce.
Murang’a Governor Irungu Kang’ata, in a statement, noted that the move could have negative ramifications on intellectual and academic development.
“Not a good idea at all. Highly probable, Kenya might be the only country to do so. Hence, its effect is unknown and probably bad,” Kang’ata stated.
He added, “Maths is the foundation of all knowledge. Remove it, all knowledge collapses.”
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