CS Magoha’s dismissal of CBC critics does little to inspire confidence in Kenyans

Education Cabinet Secretary George Magoha at Uhuru Gardens Primary School in October last year. [Jonah Onyango, Standard]

The Competency-Based Curriculum, which is now in its fifth year of implementation, has attracted a sustained gush of fury and vitriol that has left the Government breathless trying to give a reasoned response.

From non-governmental organisations, to parents, education experts and politicians, the system has been the target of wave after wave of negative publicity, a disastrous situation for a major policy shift of its kind.