Parents Call For CBC Review
As Kenyans anxiously await the Supreme Court’s decision, parents of children enrolled in the Competency-Based Curriculum (CBC) have diverse expectations.
On Sunday, September 4, some parents addressed the press and demanded that the incoming president review the implementation of the curriculum.
They stated that the curriculum’s current requirements are too emotionally and financially taxing for parents.
Senator-elect of Tana River, Danson Mungatana, attacked the state, claiming that parents must work all day to put food on the table but are also supposed to sit with their children and make artwork.
“If we are going with this system, how are we going to make it practical? Because it is unfair that everyday when we come home as a father or mother we have to sit and make a cap with the child after struggling to make a living for them,” argued Mungatana.
Lans Kadenge, a parent residing in the Tana Delta, criticized the continued rollout’s negative impact on households already struggling to put food on the table.
Kadenge says CBC is quite difficult, and the government should make some changes to make it bearable.
Imelda Mungatana complimented the implementation, saying it brought parents closer to their children than the 8-4-4 implementation.
She was, however, anxious about the demands that strained household finances.
“It is bringing us closer to our children. For instance, I was not close to my child but so many things have come up demanding me to concentrate to them. Only that the requirements can be a challenge sometimes,” she explained.
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Parents Call For CBC Review
