Teacher resource
Foundational literacy and numeracy: formative first, tools second
Reading and basic number are the floor. A 2023 essay cited World Bank learning-poverty figures for that year. Kurasa’s claim is the…
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Planning, assessment and weekday routines for CBC and CBE classrooms.
Essay
Shule ni Mwalimu: the classroom has to hold the record
The school is the teacher. If the person in the room cannot use it before first period, it is not Kurasa.
Essay
What formative assessment looks like in twelve minutes
A register-to-competency routine that does not swallow the lesson: strands, a small group, and evidence while the class is still in the…
60 Decibels
86% of teachers spent less time on admin. Here is where the hours went.
Of the teachers who gained time, 42% spent it on paced learners, 37% on personalised learning, 29% on classroom materials.
60 Decibels
CBC lesson planning is why most teachers open Kurasa
94% create digital lesson plans. 70% signed up to ease workload. Training: 71% said lesson planning was the single most important piece.
60 Decibels
Digital confidence and CBC delivery, reported by the same 208 teachers
94% said confidence increased (83% very much). 98% said ability to use digital tools increased. Most highlighted a significant increase in ability…
60 Decibels
Five days a week: how often teachers actually open Kurasa
72% use it five days a week. Those teachers report stronger quality of life, practices, time, confidence, participation and academics than 1–4…
Teacher resource
Teacher journaling is a page after the period, not a literature review
What actually happened in the lesson, what is still grey, what to try tomorrow. Cut the June 2025 citations. This is not…
Teacher resource
CBE improves when the week improves, not when the slogan does
Competency-based reform that never reaches Monday is a circular. Drop “revolution.” Keep professional learning communities, mentorship and a page the teacher can…
Teacher resource
QASOs: support the week, do not only inspect the file
Quality Assurance and Standards Officers. Lesson study, formative rubrics, a school that can show its year. Kurasa is the classroom record —…
