Death of KCPE as Uhuru puts end to debate on curriculum

President Uhuru Kenyatta (right) with Education CS George Magoha during the 3rd National Conference Curriculum reforms launch at KICC, Nairobi. [Elvis Ogina, Standard]

The countdown to the end of Kenya Certificate of Primary Education (KCPE) examination has officially kicked off with only four years left to the death of the decades-old tests that were a hallmark of cutthroat competition.

It is now official that children under the new 2-6-3-3-3 education system will not sit national examinations at the end their primary school education.