CBC: Yes, the train left the station, but serious issues still abound

A teacher warms up grade three pupils at Golden Elites during their Competency-Based Curriculum rehearsals at their school in Kisumu on September 16, 2019. [Denish Ochieng, Standard]

When Education Cabinet Secretary George Magoha likened the Competency-Based Curriculum (CBC) to a train that had left the station, we knew that the die had been cast.

For a country that takes casually the views of its people, the CS meant that there was no listening to dissenting voices. He may have been wrong, for concerns about the new curriculum continue to gather momentum every day.