Education Cabinet Secretary Ezekiel Machogu has stopped the implementation of the presidential working group that is still pending Parliament approval.
In a statement read by the majority whip SilvanusOsoro, The Education CS told members of the committee that the recommendations by the task force led by Prof Raphael Munavu will not take effect until the relevant laws have been passed.
“The implementation of the proposed reforms will not take effect until the legislation process through to this House will be complete,” Osoro said.
The working party had made sweeping recommendations that would potentially change the learning system, and the implementation of several recommendations in line with the Competency-Based Curriculum (CBC) had already kicked off.
Last week MPs accused the ministry of usurping Parliament’s powers by implementing the Prof. Raphael Manavu-led Presidential task force without getting approval from the House.
Among the programs that had already been implemented following the Munavu task force recommendations include removing Junior Secondary School from high school to primary school, adopting a new grading system, a new funding model and rationalization of new learning areas.