Embakasi East Member of Parliament Babu Owino has revived his online classes in a bid to prepare candidates for the Kenya Certificate of Primary Education (KCPE) and Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) exams.
Speaking to Kenyans.co.ke on Monday, October 31, Babu Owino stated that the lessons will be available on his Facebook and YouTube pages and will be free of charge.
He revealed that the current priority is KCPE candidates who will sit their national test beginning November 28.
The lawmaker revealed that he began visiting schools in his home constituency and would move to other schools across all 47 counties. His aim - empowering the students to excel.
"The main aim is to motivate the candidates to pass the examinations because if I, a child in Nyalenda slum could make it, then they can do it too," the lawmaker stated.
In addition, he stated that he would be offering revision lessons across all subjects stating that most households cannot afford to pay for remedial tuition classes.
During his first lesson, he guided his audience through the revision of a set of questions touching on topics which been tested frequently in past exams.
"I took several past KCPE and KCSE examination papers and looked at the commonly set questions per topic which we shall discuss on a weekly basis," he stated
KSCE candidates will also have a number of lessons ahead of the month-long examination period beginning November 2.
The legislator disclosed that in 2023, he will expand his training to cover students under the Competency-Based Curriculum (CBC).
With the gradual phasing out of the 8-4-4 system, the group sitting KCPE this year will be the last to sit the national paper.
Babu is a holder of Actuarial Science and Law Degrees from the University of Nairobi.
