Reflections of an 8-4-4 pioneer: Many misses CBC might cure

A grade three pupil at Golden Elite displays her shaker during their Competency-Based Curriculum rehearsals at their school in Kisumu on September 16, 2019.[Denish Ochieng, Standard]

The careers master tottered into our classroom clasping a few booklets under his arm. The paperback booklets were the colour of the Kenyan flag. His walk was a totter because he needed a walking stick to move.

He had been struck by polio while young and so his left leg had withered. We called him genius since he taught only A levels. He was a Form 5 and 6 literature guru — his class always topped the province whenever the examination results of the Kenya Advanced Certificate Education were announced.