What is One Big Change™ Kenya?

One Big Change™ Kenya turns education priorities into evidence, programmes, community action, events, and resources for local leaders across 103 pages.

One Big Change KenyaPrincipal Secretary Meeting

Speaker: YVONNE

One Big Change Kenya

Every school able to make CBE work.

With the evidence, capability, support and resources it needs.

Government can see

what is working.

Schools can see

what they need next.

Resources can go

where they matter most.

VISION→REALITY→UNDERSTAND→ACT→EVIDENCE→RESOURCE→SCALE

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One Big Change Kenya

Every school able to make CBE work.

With the evidence, capability, support and resources it needs.

Government can see

what is working.

Schools can see

what they need next.

Resources can go

where they matter most.

VISION→REALITY→UNDERSTAND→ACT→EVIDENCE→RESOURCE→SCALE

One national direction. Very different school realities.

Stronger

implementation

Mixed

implementation

More constrained

implementation

Why?

The same ambition meets very different conditions on the ground.

What is at stake

The risk isn't the vision. It's losing it in implementation.

“8-4-4 lite, with additional work.”

Implementation gapsAdoption gapsCommunication gaps

If gaps persist: more work, confusion, inconsistent practice, slower adoption, diluted ambition.

Why now?

Senior school is live.
Real implementation experience exists.
Future cohorts can still benefit.

Not a new policy. Not a parallel system. Not one-size-fits-all.

The missing link

We can see what's happening.

The next question is why.

What?

Teacher deployment
Assessment
Attendance
Performance
Resources
Infrastructure

Change Lens

Why outcomes and implementation differ

Why?

What's enabling progress?
What's blocking it?
What's the real constraint?
What support helps?
What's next?

From data to implementation intelligence.

The solution

Find the one thing. Put the right support around it.

LeadershipTeaching & learningAssessmentWellbeing & inclusionPeople & capabilityResources & technology

SchoolChange LensUnderstandOne PriorityOne Big ChangeActRight supportResult

The need comes first. The partner follows.

Start with 10

Start with 10. Learn deeply.

Stronger contexts

Mixed contexts

More constrained

Final cohort shaped with the Ministry.

ListenDiagnosePrioritiseActMeasureLearn

Reverse-engineer strong practice.

Identify recurring barriers.

Test what makes a difference.

10 schools become a learning laboratory.

Evidence

Turn 10 schools into shared learning.

10 schoolsShared evidenceImplementation intelligence

What worked?

Why?

For whom?

Under what conditions?

Research partners

QuestionBaselineMeasureEvaluateLearn

Evidence should travel.

Embedded from the start.

The ecosystem

One priority. A coordinated response.

School need+Shared evidence

MinistrySchoolsCountiesTeachersParents & communitiesExpertsResearch partnersTraction partners

Shared evidenceShared understandingCoordinated action

Communication is part of implementation.

The partnership architecture

The right partner for the right need.

Research partners

Help us understand

What changed
Why
For whom
Under what conditions

Traction partners

Help schools act through

FundingTechnologyInfrastructureExpertiseEquipmentCapabilityPathways

School needRight partnerActionEvidence

The need comes first. The partner follows.

The assumptive close

From Government sponsorship to a financeable national case.

Government sponsorship

Priority and pathway

Foundation funding

Fund the evidence phase

Counties + 10 schools

Contrasting contexts

Implement + evidence

What works, what blocks, what helps

Government-backed business case

Evidence, outcomes, costs, model

Wider financing

Development finance, foundations, private sector, in-kind

Scale what works

National pathway

Government opens the pathway. Foundations build the evidence. Evidence builds the case. Finance scales what works.

Move fast. Learn early. Build the case from real school evidence.

Every school able to make CBE work.

Every school able to make CBE work.

One national direction. Very different school realities.

The risk isn't the vision. It's losing it in implementation.

We can see what's happening.

Find the one thing. Put the right support around it.

Start with 10. Learn deeply.

Turn 10 schools into shared learning.

One priority. A coordinated response.

The right partner for the right need.

From Government sponsorship to a financeable national case.

What would Government need to see to move this forward?