Vihiga Governor Dr. Wilber Ottichilo wants the newly formed task force that is reviewing Competence Based Curriculum (CBC) to include views from private schools among other key stakeholders from the education sector.
Speaking at Mbale, where he officially opened the Western region directors’ workshop of Kenya Private Schools Association (KPSA), Ottichilo observed that Private learning institutions are steps ahead in adapting and implementing the new curriculum.
He advised the task force to re-look at the program’s implementation strategy rather than abolishing the whole curriculum, he said they are challenges that have affected the new curriculum.
“I believe your private schools are advanced by virtue of the way you transact your business; you easily adapt to new requirements than public institutions. So I believe the task force should engage the private schools and be able to understand the experience you’ve made with CBC, and how best we can improve the program”. Ottichilo said.
The County boss urged the National government through the Ministry of Education to invest more resources towards the program to enable learning institutions to meet demands that came along with the new curriculum.
“Both National and County Governments must be ready to put more resources in education if CBC has to work, we must employ more teachers, Ottichilo noted.
He said his administration is working on modalities to have a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) in areas of collaboration with private schools through their leadership, a move he believes will improve the education sector.
“It’s worthy to create an enabling environment for our private institutions, we can review the amount of money that the County charges for licenses, we should be able to discuss other areas such us extracurricular activities, bench-marking among others.” He said.