Why Knut turned soft on new curriculum plan

John Matiangi(Left) KNUT National Treasurer,KNUT Secretary General Wilson Sossion (centre) and Wycliffe Omucheyi (right) National Chairman KNUT while addressing the press said the implementation of Competency Based Curriculum is illegal in nature and a violation of the Constitution and that the Union is equally hesitant to rally behind the rollout of CBC. [Wilberforce Okwiri/Standard]

The hard-line stand by the Ministry of Education, the growing outcry about the 280 interdicted teachers and fears that the teachers’ employer was planning to sanction more officials forced the giant teachers’ union to back down on opposition to the new curriculum.