The publication of a Sessional Paper on education reforms this week is a step in the right direction. However, the Education ministry is placing the cart before the horse. It has announced that the new curriculum -- 2-6-3-3 -- will commence next week when schools reopen for the first term. Yet there is no legislative approval and guiding policy to support the system.
The Sessional Paper has to be approved by Parliament, which is on recess until February. Even if it resumes, it is not automatic that it will start with that paper or, even if did, approve it. In effect, the commencement of the new curriculum is not anchored in law.
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