NYERI, Kenya, Feb 7 – The Chairperson of the House Budget Committee Kanini Kega has attributed the shortage of funds to support the implementation of the Competency Based Curriculum (CBC) to competing interests including increased investments in the healthcare sector.
The Kieni lawmaker said money that would otherwise fund CBC had been diverted to enhance the country’s capacity to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic.
He spoke when he commissioned the construction of ten classrooms at Narumoro Secondary School through the National Government Constituency Development Fund.
Kega said significant resources had also been channeled to infrastructure projects further limiting availability of funds to support CBC.
“It’s true that some areas in education sector could be experiencing serious shortage of funds. This is understandable since although education sector takes a lion’s share of the budget, this time we have directed money to health sector due to the fight against COVID-19,” he said.
Kanini’s comments come at a time when education sector is experiencing shortage of funds to implement translation of pupils from lower primary to junior secondary in line with CBC.
The pioneer CBC class currently in Grade 5 is expected to transition to Grade 6 in April.
CBC learners sit Continuous Assessment Tests at the end of Grades 4, 5, and 6 on the basis if which they are assessed.
