President William Ruto has said that he will establish an Education Reform Taskforce to review Competency Based Curriculum (CBC).
According to Ruto, the taskforce will collect views from all key players in line with the constitutional demand of public participation and advise on its fate before January 2023.
“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 that there will be a solution to the matter before then,” he said.
Ruto had earlier pledge to abolish CBC, however, he made a major turnabout promising a hybrid system of education if his Kenya Kwanza Alliance (KKA) wins the presidency.
This is after team that worked on the proposals for the education sector advised the DP that abolishing the CBC would be costly to the parents and the government.
Ruto acknowledged that the CBC is good but said a KKA government would review the curriculum to incorporate public input.
The CBC is one of former President Uhuru Kenyatta’s legacy projects.
Its pioneer class will transition to junior secondary school in January next year.