Education Cabinet Secretary Dr Fred Matiang'i has warned against using children as tools of sensitising Kenyans in the ongoing mass voter registration exercise.
Speaking during the 8-4-4 Conference on Curriculum Development, Matiang'i said this would result to wasting children’s precious time when they are supposed to be in class.
''I want to be very honest with you on this matter. These children that you are telling to go and stand on the roadsides, are not even going to vote. Please stop wasting their time which they could use in learning,'' he said.
He further banned using of children to entertain guests and politicians during public functions.
''I am also happy that there are no school children today singing for us. This has to stop,'' he said at the Kenyatta International Convention Centre (KICC), Monday.
''We cannot be removing them from school so that that they can come and entertain us. That is very wrong.''
The conference aimed at reviewing the Education curriculum in the country in a move to scrap the 8-4-4 system.
According to a proposal by the Kenya Institute of Curriculum Development (KICD), there will be Early, Middle and Senior schools with focus on continuous assessment tests over summative evaluation.