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Schools should ease financial pressure on parents

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The Competency-Based Curriculum (CBC) has brought with it many issues. On the positive, it brought hope for the welcome departure from rote learning and the memorisation of concepts with little attempt to relate any of it to real life.

On the flip side, however, there are challenges relating to the cost of implementation and limited awareness, especially on the part of parents. Many parents have yet to fully grasp what CBC is, and how it is being implemented.

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