Fred Sagwe on "Case for ICT, Computer Science and Chess in Early Childhood Education: Redesigning the Kenyan Curriculum":
The study is aimed to show ways in which ICT, Computer Science and Chess can be rewritten in the context of the anticipated curriculum overhaul by the year 2016. Understand and take advantages of the benefits offered by fusing, combining and teaching the three disciplines in the elementary school level to higher institutions of learning. A review of literature and case study research design revealed ways in which the trio could be used to reinforce understanding of abstract concepts in the entire curriculum especially strengthening of: Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM), languages, humanities and art. This led to a plan to respond to the research question “Need to integrate ICT, Computer Science and Chess in the Kenyan Curriculum by the year 2016 “in this 21st century conceptual age that demands a host of new and complex thinking and cognitive skills and as such teaching priorities have to adjust to accommodate and foster these new demands. In this regard the study suggests radical changes to be undertaken on rewriting and redesigning the current curriculum by the Kenya Institute of Curriculum Development (KICD) with the public participation and other relevant stakeholders. A proposal to design a project to encourage the research that links education, cognitive science, neuroscience with ICT, Computer Science and chess. In a nutshell, ICT ,Computer Science and Chess ,have no barriers in terms of age,class,society ,anyone can learn the foundations and the basics of the 3 disciplines from an elementary level, both are used as educational tools to aid learning ,and the combined fundamental knowledge is needed to prepare students for the 21st century, regardless of their ultimate field of study and occupation. http://www.imsc.res.in/~cmsc2014/