Embakasi East MP Babu Owino has maintained that his
scheduled Chemistry revision class on Friday will go ahead as planned despite a
warning from the Ministry of Education.
On Thursday, while appearing before the Parliamentary Committee
on Education, PS Belio Kipsang stated that anyone offering to teach students
without proper qualification is committing an illegality.
“Anybody who is
offering to teach students without being qualified is undertaking an
illegality, and so is anyone circulating e-learning information that is not
approved by KICD.
“All the content of
learning delivered to students must be approved by the KICD, whether for online
learning or physical learning. And every teacher must be qualified,” said
Dr. Kipsang.
On his part, Babu said his class would go on as planned and
urged parents to give their children smartphones and bundles.
Last week, Babu took candidates through Mathematics revision
and many were impressed by his delivery although some faulted him for not
explaining some principles.
The lawmaker vowed to help students during this period due
to the closure of schools and uncertainty surrounding their reopening.
Elsewhere, Education CS Prof George Magoha maintained that
when schools open the syllabus will start from where it stopped although the
next holiday (August) might be shorter.
While speaking to the Parliamentary Committee on Education,
the CS expressed confidence that teachers will cover the syllabus in good time.
“When schools open, the syllabus will start from where it
stopped. Our teachers are good and if they focus on the children who perhaps
didn’t have the benefit of using e-learning at home, they will be able to cover
the syllabus quickly,” he reiterated.
Magoha also stated that it is not possible to determine when schools will reopen due to the unpredictable nature of the Coronavirus.