The IBE supports policy dialogue and capacity development activities to mainstream gender-sensitive STEM in the curriculum and instructional materials in Kenya, within the framework of Malaysia-UNESCO Cooperation Programme “Strengthening STEM Curricula for Girls in Africa and Asia and the Pacific-Phase I” funded by Malaysia Funds-in-Trust.
During Phase I, the project seeks to strengthen STEM policies, curricula and pedagogy as well as teacher education and professional development in four beneficiary countries: Nigeria and Kenya in Africa; the Kingdom of Cambodia and Indonesia in Asia and the Pacific, in order to strengthening STEM female participation. Accordingly, a workshop “Strengthening STEM education and curricula for girls” is taking place in Nairobi, Kenya (30-31 May and 2 June 2016) to foster policy dialogue on the relevance of mainstreaming gender-sensitive education within the current curriculum reform process initiated by the Ministry of Education of Kenya. The workshop also aims to strengthen the capacities of diverse stakeholders to mainstream gender-sensitive STEM education in the curricula including the syllabus and the instructional materials.
The workshop aims at:
Forging a cross-sectorial policy dialogue specifically addressed to stakeholders involved in the ongoing curriculum reform;
Sharing the Malaysian expertise in mainstreaming gender-sensitive STEM education in the curriculum reform development process; and
Developing a series of strategies for strengthening gender-sensitive STEM education in the syllabus and the instructional materials.
