The Kenya Literature Bureau (KLB) has warned lawmakers that learning materials worth an estimated Ksh600 million could be left as dead stock following anticipated changes to the Competency-Based Curriculum (CBC).

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KLB Managing Director George Okeyo disclosed the potential loss when the bureau appeared before the National Assembly Education Committee during scrutiny of its 2025/2026 financial year budget implementation on Thursday, September 10.

According to the bureau, the materials would be affected by curriculum revisions that have been made following recommendations of the Presidential Working Party on Education Reforms (PWER) in the 2023/2024 financial year.

Consequently, the bureau asked the committee to help address the financial impact of materials that may no longer be required under the revised curriculum.

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KLB’s concerns come as the Ministry of Education continues to refine the Competency-Based Curriculum to address implementation gaps as the new system replaces the former 8-4-4 model.

The Kenya Institute of Curriculum Development (KICD) curriculum development process currently covers needs assessment, curriculum design, and the preparation of supporting learning materials .

At the same time, the parliamentary committee questioned KLB over its failure to fully utilise funds allocated to its operations during the financial year.

Okeyo said the bureau spent Ksh1.9 billion out of the Ksh2.2 billion provided for recurrent expenditure, attributing the difference partly to the late approval of a supplementary budget by the National Treasury.

KLB further reported a Ksh44.5 million shortfall in development expenditure, equivalent to 41 per cent of its development allocation.

The Managing Director said the development funds were not fully committed because tenders for printing machinery were found to be non-responsive.

📰 Source: Kenyans.co.ke