New textbooks are sub-standard, teachers now say

Newly-elected Kenya Primary Schools Headteachers Association national chairman Nicholas Gathemia (centre) is flanked by other national officials.[Gideon Maundu]

Course books used in the new Competence Based Curriculum (CBC) education system should be evaluated to improve the content to the required standards, teachers have said.

They said the course books were far below required standards. Primary school headteachers meeting in Mombasa also said teachers were left out in the selection of the textbooks for learners.