By Obegi Malack
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Deputy President (DP) Rigathi Gachagua has assured the public that the government has no intentions of doing away with the Competency-Based Curriculum (CBC).
The DP was speaking at the Centre for Mathematics, Science and Technical Education in Africa (CEMASTEA) Research institute on Wednesday after launching a three-day induction for the Working Party for Education Reforms team which was constituted by President Ruto to among other issues review the controversial CBC.
The DP said that the taskforce was expected to give recommendation on what needs to be reviewed for the curriculum to be favorable for all.
To do this, the taskforce will perform a summative evaluation of the new education system, assess and recommend an appropriate structure to implement it.
“The taskforce will get views of stakeholders and people all over in order to determine what to keep or improve and address challenges and weaknesses,” he said.
Gachagua called on the public to give their views to the taskforce rather than complain and added that members of press were also invited to give their recommendations.
He urged the Party to give truthful information noting that the government would not victimize them for the same as was in the past regime.
The DP lauded outgoing education Cabinet Secretary Prof George Magoha for his achievements in the education sector saying that the government was in no a hurry to get rid of him and he should assist nominated Education CS, Ezekiel Machogu where he can.
Magoha on his part echoed Gachagua’s sentiments that CBC was there to stay and was working round the clock to ensure it survives.
He noted there were ten million children enrolled in the Curriculum, and disposing off the system would prove tragic to them and other stakeholders.
Prof. Magoha congratulated the taskforce chair Prof. Raphael Munavu on his appointment and called on the team members to be just and unbiased while seeking recommendations.
The 49-member task force will subsist for six months and issue the president with a progress report every two months.
The event was graced by Education Cabinet Secretary nominee Ezekiel Machogu and other senior government officials.
