Parents have urged the new administration to keep Education Cabinet Secretary George Omore Magoha with exactly five days till President-elect William Ruto takes the oath of office and succeeds President Uhuru Kenyatta.
On Thursday, September 8, the National Parents Association (NPA) stated that Magoha would be crucial in facilitating a seamless transition for pupils entering grade six into Junior Secondary School.
Nicholas Maiyo and other parent representatives said that Magoha’s hands-on management style would assist his administration in implementing his competency-based curriculum (CBC).
They praised Magoha for modernizing the nation’s educational system, which had previously been run by the Kenya National Examinations Council (KNEC), and for establishing the National Education Management Information System (NEMIS).
The system enables parents to quickly implement school transfers, keep track of student progress in real-time, and get updates on the construction of the school’s infrastructure.
“We humbly request him to retain Prof Magoha as Education CS to complete the good work that he is doing,” Nicholas Maiyo stated.
“The CS is hands-on and acts on issues raised immediately. He is a good administrator. If it is possible for him to continue working for some time, we have no problem,” he added.
According to NPA appointing someone else with no experience in CBC would water down the progress Magoha had made in the country’s education system.
They thus urged Ruto to address the hitches raised by different stakeholders to improve CBC.
Magoha already expressed his willingness to work under Ruto’s administration if accorded maximum support. He added that he would gladly accept the appointment if his policies align with the Kenya Kwanza government.
However, Gilgil Member of Parliament Martha Wangari, affiliated with Kenya Kwanza, dismissed Magoha’s endorsement stating that the CS had caused confusion in the country’s education system.
