Teachers reject new textbooks due to multiple errors

Head teachers select books for new syllabus at Moran publishers stand during the Kenya Primary Schools head teachers Association 12th annual delegate conference at Sheikh Zayed hall in Mombasa. [Photo by Omondi Onyango/Standard]

Erroneous calculations, spelling mistakes, a mix-up in content ideas, shallow exercises for students, and poor arrangement of topics are some of the errors detected in the new secondary school textbooks.

Teachers said the mistakes are confusing learners and have compromised teaching. For example, they are grappling with the wrong identification of the parts of laboratory equipment.