ABOUT-TURNEssentially, Ms Mohamed is a career ambassador whose diplomatic skills, especially with regard to conflict resolution, sadly came up short at Jogoo House, where she replaced the ruthless, assertive and even undiplomatic Fred Matiang’i. Ms Mohamed sparked outrage last December when she told a Senate sitting that the 2-6-3-3-3 education curriculum would not be rolled out this year as earlier planned because the ministry was not ready for it. So, teachers, publishers and the Kenya Institute of Curriculum Development quickly scrambled to roll out the curriculum in the lower grades. Significantly, the curriculum implemented without a National Curriculum Policy framework and the Sessional Paper on Curriculum Reforms Education and Training is yet to be approved by Parliament. However, despite her perceived weaknesses, Ms Mohamed must be given credit for keeping the momentum on the war against exams cheating.

Source: Daily Nation March 02, 2019 04:52 UTC