The new Competency-Based Curriculum (CBC) sought to address shortcomings in our educational system. But like all things new, it faced some challenges from the outset. This was made worse by lack of adequate consultations among all stakeholders as the Kenya national Union of Teachers (Knut) repeatedly complained.
The Ministry of Education appeared to patronise the whole exercise to the chagrin of teachers so much that on advice of Knut, some teachers boycotted training organised by the ministry on CBC in early this year