Ruto should stop experimenting with the children of the poor and rise to the occasion- Wandayi.
Minority leader, Opiyo Wandayi has stated that the ruling government should stop the confusion they are bringing with the competence based curriculum.
He stated,”Ruto should stop experimenting with the children of the poor and rise to the occasion and give clear guidelines and long-term solutions for the implementation of CBC.”
He further stated that the grade six being domiciled in their primary schools is a short term intervention.
He stated,”What has been suggested is to retain Grade 7 learners (no longer being referred to as Junior High School) in primary schools is more of a band-aid intervention, with no long-term solution in sight.”
Wandayi also highlighted that the government has not trained or prepared teachers for the junior high school.
He stated,”To this extent, we expect that the government embark on a serious training program of identifying and equipping enough facilitators with quality skills so that our learners enjoy not only their right to education but also to acquire quality education.”
Wandayi also questioned on how the CBC taskforce was going to bridge the gap that was raised by parents from humble backgrounds on the affordability of the CBC program.
Wandayi stated,”The task force must in its final report show how that gap has been bridged so that the children of the poor enjoy the same rights as the children of the rich.”
“This would be a poor reflection in the assessment of the learners. We would wish to see the learning and assignments revert to the classrooms with peers in group work under the keen guidance and supervision of the facilitators and parents who are not equipped to train learners on the curriculum be left with the role of parenting and breadwinning,” he added.