Curriculum Development in Kenya
The Kenya Institute of Education (KIE) is the national educational research and curriculum
development centre in Kenya. Its functions include:
1. To conduct research and prepare syllabuses for all levels of education, below the
university level.
2. To conduct research and prepare teaching and evaluation materials to support any
syllabuses, including the preparation of books, teachers guides, mass media programmes
and materials
3. To conduct in-service and workshops for teachers and teacher trainers who are involved
in carrying out experiments and trials of any syllabuses and teaching materials.
4. To conduct seminars on any syllabus and teaching materials for inspectors of schools and
teacher trainers.
5. To conduct orientation programmes for field officers and to keep them informed of the
developments that are taking place in the school and teachers’ college curriculum.
6. To develop and transmit programmes through mass media to support the developments
that are taking place in education.
7. To prepare distance education courses for students, teachers and the general public.
8. To conduct courses, seminars and orientation programmes for the guidance of teachers
and educational administrators.
9. To conduct educational research in Kenya.
10. To publish and print educational materials (KIE, 2009).