– Could the Cabinet Secretary – (i) consider incorporating the Competency Based Curriculu…

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The Member for Teso North (Hon. Oku Kaunya, MP) to ask the Cabinet Secretary for Education: – Could the Cabinet Secretary – (i) consider incorporating the Competency Based Curriculum (CBC) into the 8-4-4 curriculum as a way of addressing the challenges that have affected smooth transitioning from 8-4-4 to the CBC system? (ii) confirm whether the Ministry will meet the full costs of implementing the CBC, particularly purchase of resources necessary for carrying out CBC lessons? (iii) state the measures that the Ministry is taking to ensure that all the 1.2 million Grade 7 learners transition to Junior Secondary School? (iv) explain the fate of infrastructure that was earlier established in Secondary Schools using public funds in readiness for Juinior Secondary Schools, which are now domiciled in primary schools?