High Court postpone CBC hearing to November 22
The High Court has postponed the hearing of the Competency Based Curriculum (CBC) which was scheduled to start tomorrow till November 22.
According to the Judiciary, the three-judge bench consisting of Justice Hedwig Ong’udi, Anthony Ndung’u and Anthony Mrima who were to handle the petition filed by Esther Ang’awa will be away on official duties.
“Take notice that the hearing of the bench matter petition E371 of 2021 (Esther Awuor Adero Ang’awa Vs Cabinet Secretary responsible for matters relating to basic education) will not proceed as scheduled as the judges will be away on official duties,” said the notice from the court’s deputy registrar.
“We advise that the matter will be mentioned on November 22, 2022. We highly regret the inconveniences caused.” it added.
Ang’awa filed the petition arguing that CBC was rolled out prior preparations and consultations and its implementation would harm the children’s future because the teachers were ill prepared and was also too expensive for parents.
“There is a wide public outcry about the manner in which the CBC has been imported from other countries (where it has failed) and implemented in Kenya without due process. The Ministry of Education has infringed the rights of children to basic education,” she said.
She urged the court to declare CBC inapplicable in the basic education of children.
Ang’awa’s lawyer Nelson Havi, former Law Society of Kenya president, will be handling the case after she stepped down citing that she had been negatively profiled by the government.
Havi said that CBC was rolled out before the ministry formulated regulations and rules for it and these were supposed to be approved by the National Assembly.
The Kenya National Union of Teachers (Knut), the Kenya Primary Schools Head Teachers Association (Kepsha), the Kenya Union of Post Primary Education Teachers (Kuppet), the National Parents Association (NPA) and the Katiba Institute, were allowed to follow the legal proceedings.
