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Kenya should think twice before discarding 8-4-4

Our vision in introducing the 8-4-4 system of education after thorough research and analysis was to produce from Kenyan classrooms, scholars that fit in the international academic arena.

The introduction followed the recommendations of Presidential Working Party chaired by Canadian scholar Colin Mackay that expanded the previous curriculum consisting of English, Mathematics, History and Civics, Geography and Science to include Art and Craft, Home Science, Kiswahili, Music and Religious Education.

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