By Andrew Walyaula
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Education Cabinet Secretary George Magoha has acknowledged the challenges that came along with the introduction of Competency Based Curriculum (CBC) promising that a review will be done next year as he remains devoted to defend it in court.
“Take me to court, you will meet me there, but I can assure you that I will defend it. Everything is being done to ensure equity. Parents at home are the greatest teachers. Stop asking that parents must be literate. My mother did not go to school but I learnt from her and she took part in my school work,” Magoha said.
According to him, the government is in the bid to revert the curriculum to the right course to ensure learners are impacted with skills.
“You have seen me in the slums because that is where my call is; to ensure there is equity in the education sector. Kenya is not the richest country in Africa and yet it spends 29 per cent of its budget in the education sector,” the CS added.
He spoke this in a ceremony to award winners of a national primary school essay writing competition in Kilifi, which involved 23,00 pupils from 11,300 public primary schools across the country.
He said that CBC is practical, where learners learn skills.
“Some learners will become industrialists as they learn how to do things. What is wrong if children learn to make ice cream? The concept is to identify different talents in children. All children are intelligent., CBC is trying to identify the talents of the child and avoiding situations happening right now where a parent forces a child to study medicine instead of doing what they love,” CS noted.
Magoha announced that next year the government will roll out CBC for Grad 6. He said that those criticizing the government must be sober and ready to adopt the new curriculum.
