Thread by @nisisikenya

There are 28 reasons why #TheCBCScam needs to be stopped. 1.There was no research to support the argument that Competence Based Curriculum framework is more effective than the previous outcomes based curriculum framework.

2.The summative evaluation of the pilot phase was not conducted by the MoE to form the basis for CBC implementation and national roll out in 2019.

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3.Pilot testing of the curriculum was hurriedly done without appropriate syllabus, pupils’ books and teachers’ guides while Piloting was done for only a few months instead of the one year class cycle.

4.CBC implementation is basically economically and politically driven.
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5.Curriculum development and implementation process was not followed. NO Sessional Paper to anchor the development and implementation of the CBC, NO Commission gazetted to manage the process, and the exercise is in total contravention of Public Participation Act. #TheCBCScam

6.CBC implementation is an obstacle to the achievement of education indicators that is access, relevance, equity and inclusion, and quality.
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7.Most schools lack infrastructures and other related resource for implementing CBC and to accommodate new learners under the 100% Transition policy.
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8.The implementers of the curriculum (teachers) lack the technical know-how of CBC as the Trainers of Trainers (TOTs) lack the prerequisite skills and competencies to impart to teachers.
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9.The Ministry of Education, Teachers Service Commission, Kenya Institute of Special Education, Kenya Institute of Curriculum Development and Kenya National Examination Council have all failed to agree on Standard Assessment of learners and competencies to assess.
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10.The competency based approach of using rubrics to test competence in learners is not practically possible within the contexts of learners across the Kenya. The assignments given are impractical and not representative of regions in Kenya.
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11.Kenya presently has an acute shortage of teachers. Hence cannot afford at least three teachers per class due to the perpetual shortage of teachers, hence CBC would be a nightmare if introduced.
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12.The confusion in public schools with inadequate learning facilities, infrastructural development and lack of trained teachers for CBC is only a disadvantageous and creating room for private schools to grow at the expense of public education.
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13.The parents, guardians, Boards of Management members and the school community should be sensitized on every aspect of the new curriculum which the ministry and its agencies have failed to address.
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14.The lack of standard teaching and learning tools in most schools creates doubts in the minds of teachers and learners. Hence the curriculum that is surrounded by uncertainty, confusion and lacks a well-defined approach.
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15.Curriculum designs are bulky and pose a big challenge to teachers in preparation of lessons and teacher professional documents such as Schemes of Work, lesson plans, learners’ progress reports. Hence implementation of this curriculum would strain teachers.
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16. The implementation of CBC was hurriedly done before education implementers and teachers were adequately trained on its framework, content and teaching methods.
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17.Although CBC implementation has been initiated in both developing and developed countries, there is no clear evidence of its appropriate implementation in these countries.
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18.There is no evidence from research in any country on the effectiveness of competence-based education in primary and secondary schools despite the long period since 1970s when the approach first came up in the US. #TheCBCScam

19.It is feared that students do not acquire the coherent view on the body of knowledge in their discipline necessary for an academic profession or the scientific endeavor.
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20.It is clear that knowledge in CBE supports the development of competencies and that the acquisition of knowledge takes place in the context of (professional) application. #TheCBCScam

21.Competence-based curricula lead to loosely coupled projects that undermine the quest for deep understanding and also leads to fragmented learning experiences. #TheCBCScam

22.It is narrowed down to the acquisition of thinking styles, attitudes and schemes for problem solving related to a specific profession. #TheCBCScam

23.Competency- based models are most applicable to technical and vocational education and training and not in basic education where the focus of education is impart knowledge. #TheCBCScam

24. The illusion that CBC will assist parents and teachers in the identification of a child’s talents from an early age and develop skills in learners to enable them be experts in certain field which first dilutes the whole purpose of basic education. #TheCBCScam

Education purpose in basic education levels is to make children trainable not to train them.
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25.The CBC is expensive to the common Kenyan parents. The parents have been spending so much on the assignments given to learners in terms of internet, downloading, printing, taking video and photographs of the assignment activities #TheCBCScam

and the equipment’s parents need to purchase on weekly basis which is not considerate of parents and learners who are not financially stable or those regions without electricity, internet, cybercafé etc.
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26.The Government has given an illusion that CBC is similar to IGCSE to middle class parents to garner their support of the new curriculum.
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27.The Summative report by a team of Researchers and lecturers commissioned by KNUT showed that pupils in grade 3 in all schools are still weak in the competencies expected of them. #THECBCSCAM

Findings mean that the piloting phase had no impact on the effectiveness of the implementation of CBC.

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28.Public health concerns especially on the assignments to clean the market for grade 3 learners in the country. #THECBCSCAM