By Aggrey Buchunju
The mooted task force set to review the Competency Based Curriculum (CBC) has been challenged to hold public participation meetings in the village centres and not in posh hotels.
Kenya National Union Teachers (KNUT) Bungoma East Branch Executive Secretary, Aggrey Namisi said that parents who were bearing the CBC burden were in rural villages and not five star hotels.
Speaking in Webuye town, he concurred with President Ruto that CBC was rolled out and implemented without seeking the views of parents who were the most affected stakeholders.
“I fully support the initiative taken by the president to set up the task force because parents were left out in the conversation and are now casualties in terms of the high cost of implementing it,” he said.
Namisi added that the curriculum had negatively impacted the provision of free primary education.
The KNUT boss further noted that the anticipated double transition in January next year would be a tall order across the country.
“I wonder how 2.5 million Form One pupils under the 8-4-4 system and the CBC system will be effectively handled given that we have inadequate teachers and classrooms across the country,” he said.
In January next year, 1,243,637 Standard 8 pupils under the 8-4-4 system will join Form One and another 1,268,830 Grade 6 learners under CBC will join Junior Secondary Schools.
