President Ruto had appointed a team of 42 members to review the new curriculum before it can be implemented in Kenyan Schools. The team however, was to collect views from stakeholders at designated points. So far the process is ongoing and various stakeholders have made their contributions.
Opinion was, however, divided as some stakeholders known as for reorganisation of CBC to make it greater less costly for all.This emerged as parents, learners, teachers, political leaders and different stakeholders gave their views to the presidential taskforce on education reforms, which embarked on public engagements yesterday.
The 42-member team visited 10 counties on its first day of public hearings. It used to be set up to give pointers on how the schooling curriculum can be improved and is expected to give its recommendations via January.
Here are the views:
* Junior Secondary School (JSS) be domiciled in primary school to provide learners time to mature physically.
* Government to offset the burden of CBC now being carried by parents.
*Grade Six parents stated pre-teen newbies in Grade Six and Seven would be harassed by their older friends in secondary.
*We are used to transitioning teenagers to secondary but these teens will be too young to be subjected to life in a secondary school set up.
* More facilities should be put up because currently the facilities available in most secondary schools are inadequate.
* Parents are afraid that that younger newbies would be inclined to psychological torture as their older peers may Molest them.
* Accessible amenities in sub-county secondary schools, the place parents are in all likelihood to take their kids to be day scholars, had insufficient amenities to accommodate more learners.
* Other stakeholders called on the Prof Raphael Munavu-led crew to shelve the new curriculum until appropriate structures are put in place.
* Some mother and father criticised CBC’s “hidden costs,” which they stated make it expensive. They proposed that it be abolished.
* Some stated the value of printing assignments had made the curriculum burdensome and if the vogue continues, Education will grow to be unaffordable.
* The assignments are costly.
* Some Parents and instructors stated the curriculum was fair however has been made unfriendly through insufficient preparations for education of teachers and placing in place perfect infrastructure.
“CBC is a very desirable curriculum… the solely trouble is that the charges keep on growing each and every day,” a Parent said.
Teachers attributed the hitches related with CBC to inadequate preparedness of instructors on implementation of curriculum.
*A retired teacher proposed that CBC be effectively funded to ensure successful and efficient implementation of the curriculum.
*CBC is too luxurious and requires a lot of resources to be implemented.
*Another crew of parents, however, stated that if the government sees CBC as the fantastic gadget for pupils, it need to then cater for all the requirements.
*Parents stated they have to only be left to purchase books and pay school costs as the authorities affords for all the CBC substances that teachers will need.
The 42-member taskforce has been directed to work towards addressing the challenges raised so far on the education system. They have to submit their recommendations earlier than January when secondary schools are possibly to witness a double intake, one for Form One and another for Grade Seven.
