Parents to Undergo Yearly CBC Training Under New Reforms
If the government adopts the recommendations of the Presidential Working Group on Education Reform, parents will participate in an annual training program on the Competency-Based Curriculum (CBC).
Prof. Raphael Munavu’s task force recommended that the Ministry of Education and the Kenya Institute of Curriculum Development (KICD) educate parents, caregivers, guardians, and the community regarding their role in their children’s education.
In the more than 200-page report presented to President William Ruto on August 1, Munavu and his team highlighted training as one of the most important methods to ensure that stakeholders are involved in implementing the CBC curriculum.
The CBC task force explained that the majority of respondents’ complaints that they were not involved in their children’s education informed the recommendation.
“According to the opinions of the stakeholders, take-home assignments overwhelmingly prevented students from engaging in other activities at home.
“It was also observed that parents believed teachers required more items than were necessary for learning,” the report stated.
The task force also proposed enhancing the digital literacy of parents who are frequently required to assist their children with homework. Nonetheless, some parents remarked that the assignments were time-consuming.
On Friday, December 2, President William Ruto complained spending time each evening assisting his daughter with her Competency-Based Curriculum (CBC) assignments.
While presiding over the swearing-in of Principal Secretaries (PS), the President revealed, “As a parent, I am under pressure every night from my daughter, who needs my assistance with this or that assignment.”
The task force therefore desires that parents acquire digital devices and be trained to guide rather than assist students with their assignments.
“It was observed that the majority of parents did not have digital devices such as smartphones or Internet access to assist students with online research.
The report emphasized that the cost of obtaining and printing educational materials was prohibitive for many parents.
Parents to Undergo Yearly CBC Training Under New Reforms