MP tells a no nonsense Magoha to go slow on new curriculum

Education Cabinet Secretary Prof George Magoha has insisted that his first priority assignment as the Education CS is to implement the new curriculum in the shortest time possible.

However, Ugunja MP Opiyo Wandayi has asked him not to rush with the implementation of the new education curriculum.

Wandayi said education is a broad and a serious field that needs adequate preparedness not only for teachers but for all stakeholders.

Addressing residents in Ugunja on Saturday during the funeral service of Esau Benjamin, Wandayi disclosed that already an audit report about the new curriculum is on his table.

The Ugunja MP said the report by the Knut chair on the new curriculum has raised very weighty issues that cannot be swept under the carpet without review.

Earlier Knut Secretary General Wilson Sosion warned that as teachers, they are not comfortable with the new curriculum before adequate preparedness.

The former Education CSĀ  Amina Mohammed had suggested holding the reforms on education system until January next year, a move that has been ignored by Magoha.

Amina denied that the system had collapsed or been suspended for lack of money and resources.

She had also told the Senate Education committee chaired by Uasin Gishu Senator Margaret Kamar that the new system, which has been piloted in select schools, had faced many challenges.

They include a lack of necessary infrastructure, enough properly trained teachers and required teaching materials.

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