Teachers: Why new education system was doomed to fail

Kenya Institute of Curriculum Development CEO Julius Jwan distributes books to pupils. Teachers say implementation of the new curriculum was bound to sail into rough winds. [Denish Ochieng, Standard]

Inadequate training and information hindered the implementation of the new curriculum, teachers have said.

Teachers, who piloted the curriculum pointed out that while it took two years to prepare them for the 8-4-4 system, they were taken through a two to three-day crash course on how to teach the Competency Based Curriculum (CBC).