Education stakeholders in Nakuru West have called for an overhaul of the current education curriculum saying it is defective.
Speaking separately on Thursday, the stakeholders lamented that the curriculum was to blame for the widespread cheating in national exams as was reported by Education CS Fred Matiangi when he released the 2015 Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education results last week.
"This curriculum has heralded cutthroat competition in our institutions forcing other students to resort to unacceptable ways to keep up with the rest and that will only result in quack professionals. The sooner we dispose it the better," said William Njuguna, a retired teacher and one time Education officer.
His sentiments were echoed by Samuel Kingori,a parent, who added that the same curriculum was too theory based and only produced half-baked graduates who could only cram ideas and fail to put them into a practical mettle".
" It is ridiculous that we are using a curriculum that does not seem to support any practicality or innovation. This is why employers are always at the fore front in rejecting our children some of whom have passed so highly.We need to re examine this curriculum and if possible do away with it completely," he said.
While releasing the results, Matiangi admitted that there had been an unprecedented rise in exam cheating which totalled to about 70%.
Some 5,101 candidates also had their results cancelled over the vice.