The objectives of the Adult Literacy programme are to;
Teaching and learning activities actually begun on February 2019 after the enrolment of learners. We use the Kenyan 8-4-4 Curriculum. The curriculum is implemented by trained P 1 teachers. We have two teachers in each institution. The teaching subjects are English, Mathematics, Kiswahili, Science, Social Studies and Christian Religious Education (CRE).
Lessons begin at 7:30am- 1:30pm daily for five days Monday to Friday. There are 7 English lessons per week, 7 Mathematics lessons, 5Kiswahili lessons, 5 Science Lessons, 5 Social Studies Lessons and 3 CRE lessons per week. Each teacher has an Average of 17 lessons per week.
The nature of our Programme is Accelerated teaching and learning approach. With the programme span being a period of ten months with school holidays excluded, content in all subjects right from the STD6 Syllabus- STD8 has to be covered in preparation of the learners for Kenya Certificate of Primary Education (KCPE) in late October through the first week of November. Our teachers have been trained recently on how to select content across Std6-8 syllabi.
Teaching methods employed ranges from Activity Based teaching and Learning, Group Activities and Self- Learning. In Activity Based Teaching and Learning Approach Students are engage in Activities that incorporate the use of sense, mind, hands, sound, voice etc. Group activities are highly encouraged for the students to share concepts, improve communication skills, Development of social skills and retention of what was earlier learnt. Self-Learning activities encourages independence among the students and for them to take initiative at work.
A variety of teaching and learning resources are available, utilized in our centres to facilitate the attainment of the objectives. These resources range from textbooks, visuals, resource persons, Local environment and real objects among others.
Our Monitoring Activities aims at checking the progress and quality of the programme since its inception in February 2019. So far we have done two monitoring activities. One at the programme level in the month of March and at the Partners level in conjunction with the Implementing partner (Diocese of Lodwar). The monitoring and evaluation officer from the WUSC and the programme coordinator visited St. Claire training Centre and Back to School Centre in Kakuma. The key areas in monitoring include: professional records, syllabus coverage, students and teachers attendance, learning environments among others.
Its findings are: professional records were available and up to date, that both teacher and student attendance was good; Resources were available and well utilized. However, there was disconnect in the curriculum implementation where teachers needed capacity building on the spiral concept.