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Nelson Havi’s Colleague who Helped Stop BBI in Court to Stop CBC

akirimi | 2 years ago

Nairobi, September 8

Esther Ang’awa, the young lawyer who rose to fame during the Building Bridges Initiative (BBI) petition, is headed to court in a bid to stop the ongoing implementation of the Competency Based Curriculum (CBC).

Ms Ang’awa, a parent, reveals she is considering changing her son’s school after realising that CBC was creating confusion amongst learners.

“I accept changing schools for my son after watching the failed Public Relations attempts, CBC will not help,” she tweeted.

She, however, noted that she was facing challenges on the availability of information that would help her craft a solid petition, calling on people with information and expertise to join her in the quest to streamline the education sector.

“Litigation against CBC will succeed if there are people with expertise, who are willing to take the risk and testify,” she added.

“I am petitioning the court, I need leads to info and experts.”

The budding lawyer asked persons with variable information but afraid to publicly testify to reach out to her anonymously.

“For those in the system (at the Ministry of Education, teachers’ unions, schools, Kenya Institute of Curriculum Development - KICD, etc) who may have tried in one way or another to save us from this menace but whose voices were drowned, please help me anonymously with information that you think will assist me urge the court,” she added.

Ms Ang’awa was part of a legal team led by outgoing Law Society of Kenya President Nelson Havi, that successfully blocked a plan by the government to amend the Constitution of Kenya 2010 through the BBI.

The CBC curriculum, which was rolled out by Cabinet Secretary George Magoha in 2019, continues to attract opposing views from parents and education stakeholders with some trimming it as expensive and ill planned.

Parents have been accusing the Ministry of Education of rolling out the curriculum without a proper plan and hurriedly.

They argue that the curriculum is overtly expensive, involving and burdening the learner.

Wandia Njoya, a decorated and celebrated scholar, has been at the forefront in criticising the curriculum and the manner in which it has been rolled out. She has accused the government of commercialising the education sector to an extent of forcing through a curriculum without involving the stakeholders.

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