President William Ruto has announced the formation of an Education Reform Taskforce to examine the Competency-Based Curriculum (CBC).
Kenya’s fifth President pledged in his inaugural speech on Tuesday to ensure that the Taskforce facilitates public participation in order to streamline key issues in the implementation of CBC.
“There is a robust conversation in the country on education, in particular the implementation of the CBC curriculum.”
“We will establish an Education Reform Taskforce in the Presidency which will be launched in the coming weeks. It will collect views from all key players in line with the constitutional demand of public participation. We are particularly alive to the anxieties of parents on the twin transitions of the last 8-4-4 class and the first CBC class in January next year. I assure you that there will be a solution to the matter before then.” Ruto stated.
President Ruto promised during his campaigns that he would conduct a review of the CBC program to determine its effectiveness.
“We will undertake a review of the CBC system so that the issues identified by teachers, parents, and other stakeholders can be subjected to robust public conversation so that we can finally have a conversation that will lead us to ironing out areas that are in contestation and we can have an education system that serves our children and our requirements for the future,” he added.
