CBC taskforce to give way forward on Friday after presenting report to Ruto

The presidential working party on education reforms is expect to table its preliminary report on the Competency Based Curriculum (CBC) this Friday.

The working party appointed by President William Ruto visited 37 counties across the country to conduct hearings and receive public submissions on the curriculum. The exercise closed on November 11.

According to Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua, the party will present the interim report to President Ruto on Friday and advice the head of state on the way forward.

"The working party on educational reforms looking at issues CBC, TVET, and University education will this Friday be giving the way forward after the president receives the interim report on how to proceed with CBC and other reforms," Gachagua said on Tuesday.

Speaking when he visited Komarock Primary school in Nairobi to monitor the ongoing Kenya Certificate of Primary Education (KCPE) and Kenya Primary School Education Assessment (KPSEA) examinations, the DP said the Kenya Kwanza administration will foster the wellbeing of teachers through education reforms and better working conditions.

"The teaching profession is a calling, nobody can compensate you adequately for what you do. It is a sacrifice and that is why we are calling for respect for our teachers and that is why we agreed that the delocalisation program is done away with so that teachers a able to work anywhere without being coerced to work in certain areas," said Gachagua.

So far, the first cohort of learners under the CBC, which comprises 1, 287,597 pupils, began their maiden KPSEA exams for Grade 6 pupils on Monday.

Over 2.5 candidates in primary schools across Kenya have begun their grade six and class eight exams on Monday, November 28.

Some 1,244, 188 Class 8 pupils are meanwhile sitting their KCPE exams and both assessments end on Wednesday.