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Parents welcome planned review of CBC, say it will clear grey areas

Ithenguri Primary School pupils in Nyeri.

Ithenguri Primary School pupils in Nyeri learn how to make kitchen gardens during the launch of 'School nutrition gardens' project.

Photo credit: Joseph Kanyi I Nation Media Group

What you need to know:

  • The National Parents Association is on record supporting the new curriculum but said there were grey areas that needed to be addressed for its success.
  • There has been an outcry from a section of stakeholders in the education sector who are pushing the new government to abolish CBC and revert to the old curriculum.
  • Parents and teachers complain that the new model is burdening children and parents with a lot of homework and that it’s expensive.

Parents have welcomed President William Ruto’s move to set up an education reform task force to review the Competency Based Curriculum (CBC), terming it a timely intervention that will clear grey areas.

The National Parents Association is on record supporting the new curriculum but said there were grey areas that needed to be addressed for its success.