Baseball to be included in Secondary School carriculum, says BFK boss Mutwiri

Baseball Federation President (BFP) Titus Mutwiri has revealed that the sport will be included in the Senior Secondary School curriculum as an examinable subject in Grade 11.

Speaking in Kisii County on Friday during a Baseball Five technical training workshop for teachers of physical education, Mutwiri said the aim was to prepare the teachers in readiness for training the skills and competencies needed in the sport of Baseball Five.

Mutwiri said the training conducted in Kisii is a pilot before the sport can spread to other parts of the country.

"This is the first training of its kind in this region, though there are other regions where baseball is doing well," Mutwiri said.

He added that the Baseball national team is doing well globally, and it is currently ranked in position nine.

Baseball Federation, Kisii County Chairperson Kerubo Momanyi, said this was the first pilot to solely involve teachers of physical education in the whole county.

She said there was a deliberate decision to equip teachers of physical education with the necessary skills since they are the ones who will teach the sport in senior secondary.

"Teachers are the ones who have the reach and access to the children, and the best way to develop the sport is from the young developmental stage, the children," Momanyi said.

Rodah Bosco, a teacher of physical education at Tambacha PAG Secondary, thanked the federation for making Kisii County the pilot county, adding that the training will greatly help the teachers with the skills needed in teaching students.

"We are grateful to the Federation for choosing Kisii as a pilot county. The skills we have gained will help move baseball to the next level," Bosco said.

The training brought together 50 teachers of physical education drawn from various schools in Kisii County.