Anxiety as Ruto is expected to unveil CBC changes
President William Ruto is poised to unveil the highly anticipated Competency-Based Curriculum report in the second week of July, according to multiple sources with insider information on the forthcoming education reforms.
The Kenya Kwanza regime, which assumed power in September 2022, promised to address concerns surrounding the curriculum, acknowledging that it was financially strenuous to both parents and the government.
Ruto assigned the Presidential Working Party on Education Reforms the responsibility of addressing the comprehensive and multifaceted cost implications of the report. This step aimed to restore the confidence of stakeholders who had raised concerns about its initiation.
Initially, Ruto’s administration had vowed to totally overhaul the CBC, launched by President (Rtd) Uhuru Kenyatta, but shelved the plan after holding extensive consultations which made it obvious that introducing a new system would derail students and waste taxpayers’ money.
