Secrets of new learning system as curtain falls on 30-year-old 8-4-4

Emmanuel Chivunira (centre) of Tender Care Junior Academy scored 429 marks. With him are his father Stanley Kibunja (left) and brother Brian Kimanyano M’mbwanga. (PHOTO: DAVID GICHURU/ STANDARD)

The clock is fast ticking to the end of the 8-4-4 education system, which is set to be replaced with a new curriculum whose implementation may start on a pilot basis as early as May next year.

The current system, characterised by cutthroat national exams for Standard Eight andForm Four, will be replaced with continuous assessment tests that will run throughout the learning process.