The presidential Competency Based Curriculum (CBC) taskforce on education reforms is expected to provide preliminary report on CBC on Friday, December 2.
The education taskforce appointed by the head of state visited 37 counties in the country to conduct hearings and receive public submissions on the new curriculum.
The exercise closed on November 11.
Moreover, DP Gachagua on Tuesday, November 29 stated that the taskforce 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.
While speaking at Komarock Primary school in Nairobi where he went to monitor the ongoing national examinations, Gachagua said the Kenya Kwanza administration will foster the wellbeing of teachers through education reforms and better working conditions.
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“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 delocalization program is done away with so that teachers are able to work anywhere without being coerced to work in certain areas,” he added.
Nonetheless, 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, November 28.