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The 8-4-4 system has been accused of giving a ‘one size fits all’ solution for formal education. Some families feel that this approach is not working for them, and have sought alternatives. LYDIA LIMBE spoke to some of them
Mercy Omukhango like most parents, took her daughter to a public school. As is common with the 8-4-4 system, her ten-year-old daughter, Abia, would come home with piles of homework and the earliest she would go to bed is 11:00pm.
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