Will scrapping education degrees champion cause for CBC system?

Class Eight teacher Samuel Mwangi in a Math class session at Joseph Kangethe Primary School in Nairobi. [David Gichuru, Standard]

The introduction of the Competency-Based Curriculum (CBC) to replace the 8-4-4 system has, as is usual with such wholesome changes, meant a complete overhaul of teacher recruitment and training, teaching and examination.

Because CBC is markedly different from 8-4-4, it comes as no surprise that the first point of call in enforcing the new policy is a thorough review of how the agents of the change (the teachers) are prepared to steer the ship.