Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua now claims that President Ruto’s administration is strengthening the Competency-Based Curriculum (CBC) rather than repealing it.
Just days after President Ruto appointed a taskforce to come up with recommendations, including an appropriate structure to implement the curriculum, the second-in-command was setting the record straight on the future of the CBC.
During the launch of the Presidential Working Party on Education Reforms on Wednesday at Cemastea in Karen, DP Gachagua stated that the 42-member team will work on ways to improve the CBC while also addressing challenges of where there may be weaknesses.
“The CBC is not being repealed, what this good team is doing is to look at it, get the views of the stakeholders and the people of Kenya to keep and improve what is good and address challenges of where there could be weaknesses,” DP Gachagua said.
Gachagua also affirmed that the CBC will not be scraped off but the government will review and improve it.
In late September, President Ruto appointed the 49-member team to assess the country’s education system and make recommendations, including an appropriate structure to implement the Competency Based Curriculum (CBC).
President Ruto stated in a Gazette Notice dated September 30, 2022, that the Working Party on Education Reform will be appointed for six months and must submit a progress report to him every two months from the date of their appointment.
Prof. Raphael Munavu will chair the team, which will include globally renowned Kenyan teacher Peter Tabichi, Mutheu Kasanga, a member of the CBC task force, and Prof Collins Odete, among others.
The task force will assess the CBC, which has been a source of contention in the education sector.
