As debate over the fate of competency based curriculum (CBC) education system rages on, a union official has come to the defense of the curriculum but called for its reforming.
The Kenya Union of Post Primary Education Teachers (KUPPET) Secretary General Akelo Misori said a lot of investment had been put to CBC and should not be dismissed.
Speaking to the press in Oyugis town yesterday, the unionist said what was required was rectification of the anomalies in the curriculum.
Misori said children who have been going through the education system should not be subjected to any disruption.
“There is a generation which has gone through the curriculum from PP1 to grade six. Any attempt to discontinue the education system will affect them negatively,” Misori said.
He said although there were challenges facing the curriculum, the same should gradually be addressed instead of scrapping it.
“Let hitches which have been identified in implementation of CBC be used as a basis for innovating reforms,” Misori said.
He noted that CBC was well thought out and was deliberated by many task forces before being rolled out.
He proposed that the critical stakeholders such as parents, teachers, pupils, and education experts should have their views considered by the task force which the President has proposed be formed to look into the system.
The Secretary General expressed optimism that the CBC will solve some of the challenges which affected learners who underwent 8-4-4 curriculum.