Alignment of Entrepreneurial Education within the Kenyan Competency Based Curriculum: Review of the Basic Education Curriculum Framework
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Date
2021
Authors
Kimencu, Linda. N
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EA Journals
Abstract
Education plays a critical role in determining the level of entrepreneurial activities
within an economy. Despite entrepreneurial education being offered at the tertiary level in many
Kenyan universities, it does not result in the inculcation of an entrepreneurial culture among the
young people as it is not taught at the primary and secondary levels of education. The Kenyan
ministry of education is in the process of rolling out the competency based curriculum that focuses
on key competencies. The study aimed to establish the extent to which entrepreneurial
competencies are incorporated in the basic education curriculum framework. The study
established that the curriculum incorporates the teaching of entrepreneurial competencies to
learners; however, the instruction of entrepreneurial skills is subtle as it does not include the
teaching of entrepreneurship as a subject area. This study recommends the explicit teaching of
entrepreneurial education in the formative years of education.
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entrepreneurial education, competency based curriculum, formative years
Citation
Kimencu, L. (2021). Alignment of Entrepreneurial Education within the Kenyan Competency Based Curriculum: Review of the Basic Education Curriculum Framework. European Journal of Training and Development Studies, 8(2), 35-48.