Competence-Based-Curriculum (CBC) to be Scrapped if Ruto and Mudavadi Take Power in August

ANC party leader Musalia Mudavadi has vowed to scrap the Competency-Based Curriculum (CBC) if he and Deputy President William Ruto win the forthcoming elections.

Mudavadi, through a statement shared by the ANC party on social media, says the new education curriculum was hurriedly implemented by the Jubilee administration without wide consultations with stakeholders, terming it a major burden to parents.

“The controversial Competence-Based-Curriculum (CBC) of education will be scrapped once the Ruto/Mudavadi government takes power in August,” reads the statement.

“…CBC was hurriedly implemented without wide and genuine consultations with stakeholders and the new system is a big burden and an academic frustration to Kenyan parents.”

Last year, lawyer Esther Ang’awa filed an application challenging the implementation of the new curriculum, arguing that it was rolled out without proper planning. The matter will be heard by a three-judge bench on February 17th.

Critics argue that the new education system is more expensive than the 8-4-4 curriculum, with many parents and guardians struggling to raise money for books and other requirements. 

Last year, Former Kenya National Union of Teachers (KNUT) Secretary-General Wilson Sossion termed the CBC as a deceptive curriculum that threatens to reverse the country’s educational successes.

Sossion, who resigned in June last year, called for the suspension of the new curriculum, saying it was being implemented in an unprofessional manner. He claimed that the 2-6-3-3 educational system, which was introduced in 2017 to replace the 8-4-4 curriculum, did not follow all the necessary protocols before implementation.