- Education stakeholders have urged Members of Parliament to speed up preparations for the Competency-Based Curriculum in their constituencies.
- Job Tuta has criticised the disparity in learning facilities between well-equipped and under-resourced schools.
- Tuta has called on residents to elect leaders who have consistently prioritised education and infrastructure development.
Members of Parliament (MPs) yet to fully prepare schools in their constituencies for the Competency-Based Curriculum (CBC) have been urged to move with urgency, as education stakeholders warn that delays are widening the gap between learners in well-resourced and under-resourced institutions.
Speaking during a clergy empowerment meeting at Nduti Comprehensive School in Kilungu Sub-County, Makueni County, Job Tuta, Chief Executive Officer of the Job Tuta Foundation, said CBC was rolled out in 2017, and that visionary leaders had already begun equipping their institutions early rather than waiting until the last minute.
“Our children from remote areas compete with children from well-equipped institutions, yet the examination is the same. KNEC does not consider where you schooled,” Tuta said.
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He decried the poor state of learning facilities in many schools, noting that learners often lack essential equipment. In some schools that are slightly better resourced, he said, the only available microscope remains locked away in the head teacher’s office, inaccessible to the very students who need it.
Tuta called on residents to elect leaders who prioritise education, describing it as the engine that drives every other development agenda.
“I have worked for the last 13 years in CDF management, and I have seen how Members of Parliament have helped uplift education standards in their regions. Let us not gamble with the future of our generations. Let us give our children the best,” he said.
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He urged communities to hold their leaders accountable and to demand deliberate, timely investment in CBC infrastructure so that no learner is left behind because of where they went to school.
By Lydia Ngoolo
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