The High Court will today deliver a judgment in a petition filed in 2021 challenging the rollout of the Competency-Based Curriculum (CBC), which replaced the 8-4-4 education system.
A three-judge bench will render its decision at noon in a petition filed by advocate Nelson Havi who sought to have the new education curriculum scrapped saying it is unconstitutional and unlawful.
The judges are Hedwig Ongundi, Antony Mrima and Antony Ndung'u listed the matter for today at 10:30 am.
The case was filed in 2021.
The initial petitioner in the matter was Esther Ang'awa also an advocate of the high court but she opted out of the matter on claims that she had been profiled by the state.
Her name was substituted with that of Havi.
Documents before the court were subsequently amended to indicate Havi as the petitioner.
The national rollout of the Competency-Based Curriculum started in January 2019 at Pre-Primary I and II and Grades 1, 2 and 3 in lower primary.
The 2-6-3-3-3 curriculum was billed as the ultimate game changer in the country’s education as it seeks to plug gaps noted under the 8-4-4 system of rote learning.
However, the government has been faulted for failing to demonstrate that it initiated and conducted research to inform the national government of the CBC curriculum among other things.
