Nakuru County Assembly chair for Education Committee MCA Hillary Korir has commended Education Secretary Dr.Fred Matiang'i for the good work since he took over the Ministry of Education.
Korir said the Minister has shown that he is quick to work and restore sanity in the Education sector which has in the recent past experienced standstills including teachers strikes.
"I being the Education Committee chair in Nakuru County Assembly I would like top commend Dr.Matiang'i for the good work he is doing at the Ministry of Education and I believe we are headed in the right direction,"said Korir.
Speaking to Media in Nakuru on Thursday partaining education sector, the Amalo ward MCA called on the Minister to also take the innitiative of visiting every county to understand what is going on in the various schools.
According to the MCA, the move by Matiang'i will bring about a great postive revolution in the Education sector of this Nation.
He also appealed to fellow leaders in the society to ensure that they emulate the good work of Dr.Matiang'i terming it the 'Magufuli style.'
This comes even after the Minister on Wednesday announced significant changes to the 2016 academic calendar, which will see the third term cut short to nine weeks while term two will be extended by a week.
The changes are meant to pave way for effective administration of the Kenya secondary and primary national examinations which registered immense cheating cases last year.
Matiang'i also cancelled visiting days during third term in a bid to minimise cheating cases in the upcoming national examinations which will be undertaken between October and November this year.
Another change imposed on the national exams is that the Kenya Certificate of Primary Education exams will take place earlier as compared to the KCSE exams while primary school final exams will run from November 1-3 while KCSE will start on Nov 7 through to Nov 30.
According to the CS, school heads will be in charge of the exams, something which previously was done by outside supervisors.