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U-turn: Maths will be a mandatory subject in Senior schools

Education CS Julius Ogamba and Basic Education PS Julius Bitok at KICC, Nairobi on Thursday, April 24. [MoE]

Mathematics will remain compulsory in primary and senior schools, Education Cabinet Secretary Julius Ogamba now says.

According to Ogamba, this follows extensive consultations with stakeholders where a proposal last month to make it optional was dropped.

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