• Speaker Wetang’ula was delighted to play host to the team of experts noting that he was keen to establish what was ailing the education sector.
• He emphasized on the need of having all vague areas sealed including and not limited to why there are flooded forgeries on academic certificates.
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The national education task force on Competency Based Curriculum (CBC) appointed by President William Ruto this afternoon paid a courtesy call on the Speaker of the National Assembly the Rt. Hon. (Sen.) Moses Masika Wetang’ula.
The task force accompanied by a section of the departmental committee members on Education including the Chair, Tinderet MP Hon Julius Kibiwot Melly together with his deputy the Malava MP. Hon. Malulu Injendi who sought to brief the Speaker on the CBC Task force mandate and elaborate on the workings so far.
The 49-member task force Committee appointed by the President was tasked to review the current CBC education program and work out on the education reforms in the country.
The task force led by its team leader Prof. Collins Odote, informed the Speaker that it had been conducting public hearings across all the Forty Seven counties in a bid to collect views on the current management of the education sector in the country.
Professor Odote elaborated that they have traversed through all counties to collecting public views from various education stakeholders aimed at informing the reporting process.
“As a team we are seeking proper support from you and members of parliament to ensure that we come up with a comprehensive report that will solve problems that have rocked our education sector,’ he said.
Speaker Wetang’ula was delighted to play host to the team of experts noting that he was keen to establish what was ailing the education sector.
The Speaker challenged the team to re-look into bottlenecks strangling the sector including poor funding, infrastructural challenges and find possible lasting solutions that will streamline the institutions.
Notably, the Speaker expressed his disappointments in the dwindling giant Universities grappling with administrative difficulties terming it unfortunate and unacceptable levels of failures that can be mitigated.
He lauded the team on the progress so far saying that there was need for serious investigation from all education stakeholders to ensure accommodative, balanced and conclusive findings to inform the way forward.
“The CBC education system is a new idea in the country, it needs to be understood by all players in the sector, in all manner of circumstances the adopted education system in the country must be predictable, comfortable, affordable to all stakeholders including; students, teachers and parents. Said Speaker Wetang’ula.
He emphasized on the need of having all vague areas sealed including and not limited to why there are flooded forgeries on academic certificates.
“As a country we must endeavour to align ourselves with the education System in East Africa because we have common grounds such as common markets, common currency, and common education protocol among other engagements”, said Speaker.
He said that a lot of issues needed to be streamlined including how to handle and allocate available scholarships opportunities to ensure proper distribution to genuinely deserving cases.
The Speaker took a swipe at the Teachers delocalization program indicating that it seems to have caused more harm than gain especially to families by overwhelming some aged teachers.
He expressed confidence in the selection of the task force adding that it was up to task to give Kenyans a tangible report that will take the education sector to the next level.
The task force is expected to table a report in the National Assembly for deliberation and consideration.