As the government plans to change the education curriculum from 8-4-4 to 2-6-6-3, several stakeholders in the education sector have cautioned that there is no need to quicken the implementation before proper consultation as the system may have dire consequences on the future generation.
Bungoma North KNUT branch chairman Patrick Siketti Lipesa said the introduction of the new curriculum is a hurried decision by the Ministry of Education, adding that they ought to have held a series of consultative meetings across the country to give time to stakeholders to check on the proposed curriculum.
He expressed his fear that the system may end up channeling a huge number of people who are talented in the same field which is its core value and who in the end may not acquire employment hence making them irrelevant in the society.
Mr. Siketti who was also recently elevated to be the principal of St. Paul’s Narati secondary school in Tongaren Sub County called upon the ministry of education to also be releasing the free primary and secondary schools education funds on time so as to enable the schools to run their activities without much strain.
His sentiments on change of curriculum were echoed by former Tongaren Sub County Education Director George Ogando who said in any education system competition is paramount and doing away with any platform that offers it will be a disservice to the children.
He, therefore, called upon the cabinet secretary not to hurry up the implementation of the new curriculum saying it ought to be a system that will be able to provide an opportunity to the generation to be self-reliant and not offer a burden to the government.
Ogando who opted out of the education sector to vie for Funyula parliamentary seat said if elected he will be able to scrutinize the system in parliament so as to ensure the education sector channels out people who will be self-reliant.